ROBINSON v. BRIGGS TRANSPORTATION CO.


272 Wis. 448 (1956)

ROBINSON, Respondent, vs. BRIGGS TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and another, Appellants. MOSER and another, Appellants, vs. MOTOR CARGO, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there were briefs by Johns, Roraff, Pappas & Flaherty of La Crosse, and oral argument by Daniel T. Flaherty.

For the respondents there was a brief by Engelhard, Snodgrass & Goerdt of La Crosse, for Amos Robinson, and Thompson, Smyth & Flynn of La Crosse, for Motor Cargo, Inc., and oral argument by Lawrence M. Engelhard and Robert D. Smyth.


BROWN, J.

Appellant contends that the evidence does not sustain the jury's answers that Moser was causally negligent in respect to lookout or management and control and, in any event, the inclusion of both such questions in the verdict results in a duplication which prejudicially affects the comparison of negligence. Moser's testimony was that he was paying close attention to the highway before him but, because of insufficient...

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