Lachow v. Kimmich

Plaintiff’s right of recovery depends upon determination of whether an adult passenger in the automobile of a private carrier for hire is chargeable with imputed negligence in case the negligence of such private carrier is a proximate cause of a collision with another automobile resulting in injury to the passenger. The rule of law is well settled that negligence of a common carrier will not be imputed to a passenger for hire. Cuddy v. Horn, 46 Mich. 596 (41 Am. Rep. 178); Galloway v. Railway, 168 Mich. 343. It has been considered equally well settled by a long unbroken line of decisions in…