Totsky v. Riteway Bus Service, Inc.

¶ 73. (dissenting). In its examination of the stop sign statute, Wis. Stat. § 346.46(1), the majority thwarts the plain meaning canon of statutory construction. Its interpretation gives the stop sign statute a plain meaning that permits excused violations based on emergency without any language supporting the imputed interpretation. Additionally, the majority errs in overlooking the law that we must apply when reviewing the circuit court's grant of a new trial in the interest of justice.

¶ 74. The majority's interpretation is primarily accomplished not by examining the words of Wis. Stat. §…