McCarthy v. Thompson

This case involves an accident which occurred on Highway 41 north of Green Bay between a passenger car driven by deceased and a tractor-trailer driven by Thompson’s employee, Gordon Konitzer. Evelyn McCarthy, widow of the deceased, brought an action for damages under the wrongful-death statute. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, insurer of the deceased’s automobile, was impleaded as defendant, and Thompson filed a cross complaint for damages to the tractor-trailer. The only question of negligence litigated was the position of the vehicles at and immediately before the accident. In a…