GREENE v. FARMERS MUT. AUTOMOBILE INS. CO.


5 Wis.2d 551 (1958)

GREENE, Appellant, v. FARMERS MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 2, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Vaughn S. Conway and Kenneth H. Conway, both of Baraboo.

For the respondents there was a brief by Johns, Roraff, Pappas & Flaherty of La Crosse, and oral argument by Robert D. Johns.


FAIRCHILD, J.

Plaintiff seeks a new trial. She claims that certain instructions which she requested should have been given, that the court should not have found deceased negligent as a matter of law, and that the court abused its discretion in denying a new trial in the interest of justice.

1. Instructions. Plaintiff requested an instruction on the duty to reduce speed when passing pedestrians. Plaintiff relied on the portion of sec. 85.40 (2) (b),...

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