Szymon v. Johnson

Appellant contends that Johnson was negligent as a matter of law with respect to speed, citing Quady v. Sickl (1952), 260 Wis. 348, 51 N. W. (2d) 3, 52 N. W. (2d) 134, and other cases, for the reason that he continued to drive 50 miles per hour although his vision was so adversely affected by the lights of the cars coming toward him that he did not see the truck until he was 70 to 90 feet from it. The cases cited do not apply here. This court has held speed to be negligent as a matter of law only in cases where the driver’s vision has been blinded, dazzled, obscured, or obstructed, and there…