William Thedorf v. Sam Lipsey

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

In the district court plaintiff sought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him, occasioned, as he claimed, by the negligence of defendant in so operating the latter’s automobile on a public highway in Wisconsin, in the night-time, as to cause it to collide with a disabled motorcycle being pushed on the highway by plaintiff and two associates. In answering special interrogatories submitted by the court, the jury found plaintiff and defendant each guilty of 50% of the negligence causing the accident. In such instances, the Wisconsin statute requires a…