Thurn v. La Crosse Liquor Co.

The plaintiff testified that the highway was icy and that he observed Martindale approaching from the opposite direction at a high rate of speed; that he pulled his car onto the shoulder of the road and had virtually stopped when the accident occurred; that the Martindale car went into a skid and struck plaintiff’s car with great force, causing serious injury to plaintiff. This was sufficient to warrant the jury in finding that Martindale was negligent *451with respect to speed and control. The police officer who was called to the scene of the accident testified that he 'observed that cars which…