Witte v. Lisle

This is an action for damages arising out of a head-on collision near the crest of a hill and substantially in the middle of a gravel and crushed rock county road west of Nebraska City, Nebraska. The petition of the plaintiff, Patsy R. Witte, and the cross-petition of the defendant, Robert L. Lisle, each alleged negligence on the part of the other. The State of Nebraska was joined as a defendant by virtue of workmen’s compensation payments to the defendant Lisle, and filed its cross-petition against the plaintiff for property damage to the automobile owned by it and driven by Lisle. The jury…