Thirlby v. Mandeloff

On August 30, 1952, a professional itinerant auto racer named Haukedahl was severely injured on the race track at the Traverse City fairgrounds while participating as a driver in an auto race put on by the defendant, an impresario, of this amiable form of public suicide who hailed from Florida. Haukedahl’s left arm was almost torn off at the shoulder; he was taken to the plaintiff hos pital and given emergency treatment and his arm amputated by Dr. Power of the plaintiff clinic; thereafter someone appeared at the hospital and discussed with Dr. Power the cost of the treatment and allegedly…