Blasi v. Drafz

On motions after verdict appellant moved to change the answers as to his negligence and enter judgment for the plaintiffs on the verdict as so amended. The trial court denied the motion. Appellant’s position on this appeal is that the court was obliged as a matter of law to apply the emergency doctrine and absolve him of negligence.

The accident occurred at about 1 a. m., June 21, 1958, on Sheridan road in the city of Kenosha. Sheridan road, for some distance in both directions from the point of collision, is a three-lane, concrete highway, each lane being approximately 10 feet wide. The…