Werney v. Reid

On August 10, 1918, Samuel Werney, a little child scarcely 3 years old, started to cross High street between Hastings and Antoine streets in the city of Detroit and was injured by defendant’s passing automobile. Aside from some bruises of minor importance he suffered a comminuted fracture of his left thigh bone about the middle third. He was taken at once to the children’s free hospital for treatment where he remained until September 21, 1918, when he was discharged. Dr. Shilkowski, who attended him, testifying as to the injury and its result, said that there was “no shortening of the injured…