SCHWALBACH v. ANTIGO ELECTRIC & GAS, INC.


27 Wis.2d 651 (1965)

SCHWALBACH and wife, Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ANTIGO ELECTRIC & GAS, INC., Defendant and Respondent: INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Smith, Puchner, Tinkham & Smith of Wausau, and oral argument by Richard P. Tinkham.

For the respondents Lawrence and Gertrude Schwalbach there was a brief by Graunke & Boone of Wausau, and oral argument by Walter A. Graunke and Clinton A. Boone.

For the respondent Antigo Electric & Gas, Inc., there was a brief by Schmitt, Wurster, Tinglum & Nolan of Merrill, and oral argument by Sverre Tinglum.


BEILFUSS, J.

The principal issue is whether the credible evidence is sufficient to sustain the jury findings (1) that a malfunction of the pilot relay caused the explosion, and (2) that International was negligent in the manufacture of the pilot relay.

International also contends that the verdict is inconsistent insofar as it found Antigo negligent as to inspection of the pilot relay but not causally so, and that the answers to damage questions cannot be sustained...

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