SCHWELLENBACH v. WAGNER


258 Wis. 526 (1951)

SCHWELLENBACH, Respondent, vs. WAGNER and others, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

March 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants Peter Wagner, Raymond Suennen, administrator, and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, there was a brief by Gwin & Petersen of Hudson, and Toebaas, Hart, Kraege & Jackman of Madison, and oral argument by Oscar T. Toebaas.

For the appellants J. E. O'Brien and Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company there was a brief by Doar & Knowles of New Richmond, and oral argument by John Doar.

E. Nelton of Balsam Lake, for the respondent.


BROADFOOT, J.

Upon appeal the defendant O'Brien and his insurance carrier contend that the damages awarded to the plaintiff by the jury are excessive. The other defendants contend that there was no credible evidence to support the jury's finding that Wagner's truck was illegally parked nor that such parking was a proximate cause of the collision, and also that there is no credible evidence to support the jury's finding that the failure of the defendant Wagner to have...

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