Klassa v. Milwaukee Gas Light Co.

In the case of Waube v. Warrington (1935), 216 Wis. 603, 258 N. W. 497, this court held that a person who is out of range of ordinary physical peril, cannot recover for injuries sustained as a result of shock or fright induced by witnessing another’s danger, even though such other person has been injured or placed in peril by the negligent act of the defendant. On this appeal we are faced with the issues of whether the facts of the instant case properly bring it within the rule of the Waube Case.

Unfortunately we do not have available a transcript of the testimony due to the fact that the…