CHILLE v. HOWELL


34 Wis.2d 491 (1967)

CHILLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HOWELL, Defendant: GRIMSTAD and another, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

April 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by W. L. Jackman, attorney, and Hart, Kraege, Jackman & Wightman and John D. Thiel of counsel, all of Madison, and oral argument by W. L. Jackman.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Hugh F. Oldenburg of Madison.


BEILFUSS, J.

The defendants-appellants, Grimstad and his insurance carrier (the defendant Howell, although named as a respondent, has not appeared), contend that the trial court erred in that (1) it refused to grant a new trial in the interests of justice, and (2) in its application of the comparative-negligence statute.

At the close of the testimony counsel for Grimstad and his insurance carrier moved for directed...

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