Lampertius v. Chmielewski

The trial court reluctantly submitted to the jury the questions inquiring whether Mrs. Lampertius was causally negligent in respect to lookout. On motions after verdict, however, the court decided that there was evidence to support the answers to those questions and dismissed the complaint. The court said:

“The plaintiff herself testified that from her position in the rear seat of her husband’s automobile she saw the Chmielewski automobile approaching some distance east of the east crosswalk of Ninth street. She further testified that she saw the left-turn signal on the Chmielewski automobile…