Stevens v. Shaw

This is an action in tort for damages for personal injuries sustained by George H. Stevens, the plaintiff and appellant, in an automobile collision between a cab driven by him for the Capital Cab Company and an automobile driven by the defendant and appellee Richard D. Shaw. The Capital Cab Company, a corporation, appellee and defendant, filed an answer alleging defendant Shaw’s negligence and asking to recover that which it had paid the plaintiff as its employee under the workmen’s compensation law.

A trial to a jury in the district court for Lancaster County resulted in a verdict and…