Konow v. Gruenwald

This case involves a head-on collision between plaintiff’s car and a snowplow driven by defendant Gruenwald. The collision occurred during a blizzard in a cut in the road which according to the evidence was between sixteen and eighteen feet wide. The snowplow was eight feet wide at its widest part with a four and one-half foot wing to the right side. The car was a 1940 Chevrolet. The evidence establishes that plaintiff was going about twenty miles per hour and defendant at between eight and twelve miles per hour. Defendant testified that eight miles per hour was the lowest speed at which he…