LEE v. NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUB OF MILWAUKEE, INC.


4 Wis.2d 168 (1958)

LEE, Respondent, vs. NATIONAL LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUB OF MILWAUKEE, INC., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Bender, Trump, Davidson & Godfrey, and oral argument by Kneeland A. Godfrey, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Jerome D. Grant of Milwaukee.


CURRIE, J.

The issues presented on this appeal are as follows:

(1) Was the defendant negligent in failing to take proper steps to protect the plaintiff from injury by the acts of other spectators at the time the foul ball was batted into the box near where the plaintiff was seated?

(2) If the first question is decided in the affirmative, did such negligence constitute a proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries?

(3) Did the plaintiff assume...

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