The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-18
Otto Johnson Demands
$4,000 from Frank
Nelson.
STRUCK BY TAXI CAB
VIM. Blinten Asks Jitney Own
er to Pay $4,000 for Strik-
ing Him as He Left Car.


Otto Johnson, well known Kanoaba
expressman, filed suit in the Circuit
Court Of Kenosha county this morning
naming Frank Nelson, well known
transfer man of the city, in a suit for
personal injury, demanding damages
to The amount of $4,000. The suit is
the outgrowth of an accident which
occurred on the Sheridan road lust
north of the Illinois state line on thu
evening of September 26th of last year
when Johnson was struck by taxicab
alleged to have been owned by the de-
PENDANT. Johnson alleges that he suf-
Tered injuries of a permanent nature
and demands damages to the large
amount stated.
Had Left Leg Broken.
Johnson and companion were walk
ing along Sheridan road at the time Of
the accident. An automobile which
they had been driving had broken
down and it had been pulled to the
west side of the rosi and johnson and
the other man were making an effort
to repair it. The taxicab which struck
Johnson came from the north and his
complaint Johnson alleges that the car
was running at rate of speed in ex-
cess OF forty miles an hour. johnson
asserted that he attempted to get out
OF the way of the rapidly moving auto-
mobile and that he was at the extreme
west side of the road when he was
struck and thrown many feet into the
ditch along the road. Johnson had his
lett leg broken at the ankle and suf-
Tered many severe bruises. He was
brought to the Kenosha Hospital i'm
mediately after the accident and he re-
NAMED in the hospital for many
months. In his complaints it is al
legged that he is still forced to use
clutches as result of the accident.
Driver of Taxi Not Named.
The driver of the taxicab alleged to
have been responsible for the iniury
OF Johnson is not named in the com
plant which was served today. Nelson
IS the only defendant named. john
son claims that on account Of the ac
cldent he was forced to give up his
business for many months and that
much of the business was lost on ac-
count of the fact that he was unable
to take care Of it.
Jitney Man Is Defendant.
Another suit in which injuries from
an automobile figure as the cause for
action was filed in the same court to-
day when William Blinten sued Christ
Christensen, formerly the driver Of a
Jitney bus in Kenosha. Blinten charg-
es that he had two ribs broken when
he was struck by the jitney on the
evening of March 10, 1918. The suit
alleges that Blinten was a passenger
on one of the cars of the Kenosha
street railway company and that the
jitney bus in question was driven by
one Edward Renick, an employee of
Christensen. The accident happened
at the corner of Main and Market
streets. Blinten alleges that as he
eft the car he was struck by the lit
ney. He suffered the fracture of two
ribs and many severe bruises which
confined him to his home for some
time. He asserts that in passing a
car which had been stopped to let off
passengers the driver of the jitney
was violating city ordinance. Bin
ten demands damages to the amount
of $4,000.
Both of the suits will be on for trial
at the next term of the Circuit Court.