Camp v. Spring

Defendant, a funeral director, closed the door of a Lincoln sedan — the last car in a funeral procession ready to start for a cemetery — and caught fingers of plaintiff in the door jamb. The car was not one furnished by defendant but he assisted plaintiff to enter. Because of others in the car plaintiff was still standing when defendant closed the door. A verdict having been directed against plaintiff, we omit reference to the defense.

Was the happening a mere accident or was it occasioned by defendant’s negligence, and, if so, was plaintiff free from want of care? The circuit judge thought it…