HELLECKSON v. LOISELLE


37 Wis.2d 423 (1967)

HELLECKSON, Special Administrator, Appellant, v. LOISELLE and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs and oral argument by Robert Dewa of Madison.

For the respondents there was a brief by Aberg, Bell, Blake & Metzner of Madison, and oral argument by Carroll E. Metzner.


BEILFUSS, J.

There are two issues presented:

(1) Was the $500 awarded by the jury for conscious pain and suffering so inadequate as to require a new trial on the issue of damages?

(2) Was the plaintiff more than 10 percent contributorily negligent as a matter of law?

In a very recent opinion, Bach v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (1967), 36 Wis.2d 72, 83,...

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