PICKETT v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO.

No. 12963.

283 F.2d 835 (1960)

William H. PICKETT, Special Administrator of the estate of Eldon Howard Pickett, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO., a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

November 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vaughn S. Conway and Kenneth H. Conway, Baraboo, Wis., for appellant.

Willard S. Stafford and Robert W. Smith, Madison, Wis., for Travelers Indemnity Co.; Rieser, Stafford, Lesselyoung & Rosenbaum, Madison, Wis., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, CASTLE, Circuit Judge, and MERCER, District Judge.


MERCER, District Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury finding the issues in favor of defendant, dismissing his complaint for damages for wrongful death. Errors are assigned relating to the conduct of the trial judge in the course of the trial, to certain instructions and to the court's refusal to find defendant's insured guilty of causal negligence as a matter of law.

On the afternoon of March 29, 1956, the decedent was...

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