Shapiro v. Yellow Cab Co.

Action for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by negligence of defendant. Plaintiff, while driving his horse and wagon over a viaduct on First avenue, in the city of Milwaukee, was struck by an automobile, thrown to the ground, and was injured. Defendant interposed a general denial and alleged contributory negligence. The jury, in a special verdict, found that the driver of defendant’s car failed to exercise ordinary care at the time of the collision; that such failure was the proximate cause of the injury; that plaintiff did not fail to have a light attached to the rear of his…