OLSON v. MILWAUKEE AUTOMOBILE INS. CO.


275 Wis. 402 (1957)

OLSON, Administrator, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. MILWAUKEE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and another, Defendants and Respondents: GERDEN and another, d/b/a GERDEN TRUCKING COMPANY, and another, Defendants and Appellants. [Two cases.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants Robert Voshell and Gerden Trucking Company there was a brief by Engelhard, Snodgrass & Goerdt of La Crosse, and oral argument by Lawrence M. Engelhard.

For the respondents there was a brief by Donovan, Gleiss, Goodman, Breitenfield & Gleiss of Sparta, for Melvin E. Olson, administrator, and by Hale, Skemp, Hanson & Schnurrer of La Crosse, for Blaine Welch and the Milwaukee Automobile Insurance Company, and oral argument by William M. Gleiss and Thomas H. Skemp.


STEINLE, J.

On this appeal the defendants-appellants, Wilfred and Wilmer Gerden d/b/a Gerden Trucking Company and Robert M. Voshell apply for reversal of the judgments, and for a new trial limited to the issue of contribution under the cross complaints. Their position is based on grounds that (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain the findings that Voshell was causally negligent with respect to speed and as to management and control, and (2) the court erred in...

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