Vogreg v. Shepard Ambulance Service, Inc.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. A jury returned a verdict for defendant. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of dismissal, assigning error to three instructions given and to the trial court’s refusal to give two requested instructions.

Mrs. Vogreg ordered an ambulance from defendant to transport her husband, a paralytic, to their new residence. Mr. Vogreg was placed on the left-hand side of the rear compartment. Defendant’s attendants helped Mrs. Vogreg into the ambulance. She was seated next to her husband’s stretcher.

In the course of the journey, Mrs. Vogreg felt a “little…