Basting v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company

Kurta v. Probelske
324 Mich. 179 (Mich. 1949) Cited 15 times
Tort - Other
In Kurta v Probelske, 324 Mich. 179, 188; 36 N.W.2d 889 (1949), the Court rejected defendant's claim that the damages awarded were excessive and said that plaintiff's receipt of unemployment benefits did not serve to mitigate his damages.
* * * Automobile accidents and collisions are attended by strange, unexpected, and apparently incredible results, which seem to defy the commonly known laws of physics and their effects. * * * The courts are properly slow to take judicial notice of the phenomena attending colliding forces because, as was said in Basting v. Railroad Co., 39 App. Div. 629 ( 57 N Y Supp. 119): `The study of accidents shows strange and inscrutable results, sometimes stranger than fiction.'" Prove v. Interstate Stages, 250 Mich. 478.
Prove v. Interstate Stages
231 N.W. 41 (Mich. 1930) Cited 13 times
Tort - Negligence
" 23 C. J. p. 142. The courts are properly slow to take judicial notice of the phenomena attending colliding forces because, as was said in Basting v. Railroad Co., 57 N.Y. Supp. 119: "The study of accidents shows strange and inscrutable results, sometimes stranger than fiction."