Bordner v. McKernan

Plaintiff, a traveling man and a resident of Ohio, was a passenger for hire in a taxicab owned by defendant McKernan and driven by defendant Bentley. On the way to plaintiff’s destination, a hotel in Dearborn, sometime after midnight on December 17, 1936, defendant Bentley, in making a left-hand turn at an intersection, collided with another automobile. Bentley stopped the taxicab in the middle of Warren avenue, facing west, on the streetcar tracks, and went back to inspect the damage to the other car. Plaintiff remained in the taxicab during- a period of approximately one and one-half…