Tedla v. Ellman

While walking along a highway, Anna Tedla and her brother, John Bachek, were struck by a passing automobile, operated by the defendant Heilman. She was injured and Bachek was killed. Bachek was a deaf-mute. His occupation was collecting and selling junk. His sister, Mrs. Tedla, was engaged in the same occupation. They often picked up junk at the incinerator of the village of Islip. At the time of the accident they were walking along “ Sunrise Highway ” and wheeling baby carriages containing junk and wood which they had picked up at the incinerator. It was about six o’clock, or a little…