CONNEY v. ERICKSON

No. 14010.

317 F.2d 247 (1963)

Alvina CONNEY, Individually, and Alvina Conney, Trustee of the Estate of Frank P. Conney, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. Norman ERICKSON and American Motorists Insurance Company, a Foreign Insurance Corporation, Defendants and Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 14, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Skemp and Quincy H. Hale, LaCrosse, Wis., for appellants.

John W. Fetzner, Hudson, Wis., E. W. Murnane, St. Paul, Minn., for appellees.

Before KNOCH and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges, and MERCER, District Judge.


MERCER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Alvina Conney, filed this suit in the court below for damages for wrongful death of her husband, Frank Conney, which is alleged to have resulted from the negligence of the defendant, Erickson. Upon a trial of the case by jury, the court submitted the case to the jury upon interrogatories geared to the requirements of the Wisconsin Comparative Negligence Statute. Wis.Stat. § 331.045. The jury, by its verdict, found both Erickson...

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