Hillside Garage & Transit Co. v. Pflittner

Plaintiff contends that sec. 85.18 (4), Stats., was enacted for the purpose of protecting life and limb of persons; that consequently, because of defendants’ violation of that statute, they are guilty, as a matter of law, of wil-fully injuring another or of gross negligence; and that, therefore, contributory negligence of plaintiff’s driver does not bar plaintiff’s recovery of damages. That contention is based on the cases of Pizzo v. Wiemann, 149 Wis. 235, 134 *28N. W. 899, and Pinoza v. Northern C. Co. 152 Wis. 473, 140 N. W. 84.

These cases, as this court said in Ludke v. Burck, 160 Wis. 440,…