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CARSON v. BELOIT

32 Wis.2d 282 (1966)

CARSON, Administratrix, Appellant, v. CITY OF BELOIT and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

October 7, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Phillips, Hoffman & Phillips of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Bertram J. Hoffman.

For the respondent city of Beloit there was a brief by Nowlan, Mouat, Lovejoy, McGuire & Wood of Janesville, and oral argument by Hiram Nowlan, Jr.

For the respondents Clark and Matthews there was a brief by W. L. Jackman and Hart, Kraege, Jackman & Wightman, all of Madison, and oral argument by W. L. Jackman.

HALLOWS, J.

In submitting the issues to the jury, the court couched the inquiries concerning the acts of the doctors and the hospital in terms of negligence as ultimate-fact questions. The verdict inquired whether the hospital was negligent in its nursing care and whether the doctors were negligent in their professional-medical care and treatment. In its instructions the court correctly defined negligence in terms of the...

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