Legal Opinion
Featherly v. Continental Insurance Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1976No. 704 (1974)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, J.
Clyde Featherly was injured in an automobile accident on January 29, 1970. His injury was sustained when the vehicle ahead of him had a head-on collision with an oncoming automobile. That oncoming vehicle apparently then went into Featherly’s path of travel, and Featherly sustained severe injuries. The two other drivers were killed. The vehicle he was following at a distance of 100 to 175 feet was driven by Lee Ann Ward.
The trial resulted in an apportionment of 85 percent of the negligence to May L. Chadwick, the driver of the oncoming vehicle, 5 percent to the defendant Ward, and 10 percent…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ballard v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1967
- Muench v. HeinemannWisconsin Supreme Court · 1903
- Shaw v. WuttkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1965
- Larson v. HansonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
- Ianni v. Grain Dealers Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by25 opinions
- D.L. Ex Rel. Friederichs v. HuebnerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1983
- Gonzalez Ex Rel. Bichler v. City of FranklinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. SarinskeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1979
- Meurer v. ITT General ControlsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1979
- Anderson v. LitzenbergCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1997
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