Yellow Taxi Co. of Minneapolis v. MacMillan

The matter here for review is a decision of the trial court finding defendants, Tom MacMillan and Rauenhorst Construction, liable to plaintiff for the sum of $1,198.29 for damages which occurred to plaintiff as the result of a multiple-car collision on Interstate Highway No. 494 between Xerxes and Penn Avenues in Bloomington.

Defendant MacMillan entered the freeway from France Avenue at about 5:30 in the afternoon on October 3, 1966, at a time when it was drizzling and the highway was wet. He had proceeded a short distance when his automobile went into a skid, turned around, and stopped,…