Deignan v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.

Appellants submit that Patricia is absolved as a matter of law from negligent management and control because she was confronted by a sudden emergency to which she had not contributed, citing Johnson v. Prideaux (1922), 176 Wis. 375, 378, 187 N. W. 207:

“. . . ‘an automobile driver, who by the negligence of another ... is suddenly placed in an emergency ... , is riot guilty of negligence if he makes such a choice as a person of ordinary prudence placed in such a position might make, even though he did not make the wisest choice.’ ”

And Frankland v. De Broux (1947), 251 Wis. 210, 217, 28 N. W.…