Cohen v. Hirsch

Knutson, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial after a verdict for defendants.

This case arises out of a rear-end collision at the intersection of University and Hampden avenues in the city of St. Paul between an automobile driven by defendant Donald Hirsch and owned by his mother, defendant Frances A. Hirsch, and an automobile driven by plaintiff and owned by his employer. At the point of the collision, University avenue is 69 feet in width from curb to curb. Two sets of streetcar tracks run substantially in the center of the avenue. The…