Vandenack v. Crosby

The first question which confronts us on this appeal is whether the trial court was correct in ruling as a matter of law that Clausen, the operator of the wrecker, was not causally negligent in parking or stopping the wrecker on the left side of the highway.

The authority cited by the trial court, in its memorandum opinion in support of the conclusion reached on this point, is Walton v. Blauert (1949), 256 Wis. 125, 40 N. W. (2d) 545. In that case one car was towing another at night and came to a stop on the left side of the highway. While so stopped they were struck by an automobile coming…