Hegel v. George

The following opinion was filed April 2, 1935 :

Wickhem, J.

On August 18, 1933, at about 1:15 a. m., Ramon Howe, plaintiff’s intestate, was driving an automobile along the state trunk highway in Sheboygan county, when a collision occurred with an automobile operated by defendant’s intestate, George A. George, who was accompanied by one Joseph Schumerth. George was dead when he entered the hospital at 2:15 a. m. Howe died at the hospital at about 4:30 a. m. By the special verdict George was found to have been negligent to the extent of eighty-five per cent and Howe to the extent of fifteen per…