Skvarce v. Sales Necessities, Inc.

Prank Skvarce, plaintiff, was employed by the Evening News Association, Inc., as “jumper” on an auto truck used by the latter in the distribution of newspapers. On May 29, 1933, he sustained personal injuries in a collision between the delivery truck, driven by a fellow employee, Charles Kulow, and an automobile owned by defendant, a Michigan corporation, and operated by the latter’s employee. Although the collision occurred through defendant’s negligence, plaintiff’s coemployee, Kulow, was guilty of contributory negligence. Plaintiff, however, was guilty of no negligence, unless that of his…