Denton v. Navratil

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Groves.

The parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court. This is a rear-end collision case in which the accident occurred at an early daylight hour where the street was icy and very slick. Plaintiff had stopped his car at a stop sign and, as traffic on the through street was heavy, had been stationary between two and four minutes. Defendant approached from the rear, seeing the plaintiff’s car when a half block away. He “shifted down” and when about six car lengths from plaintiff’s automobile he “hit the brakes,” causing the wheels to “lock.” Defendant’s…