VROMAN v. KEMPKE


34 Wis.2d 680 (1967)

VROMAN, Special Administratrix, Respondent, v. KEMPKE and another, Appellants. [Two cases.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Holden & Halvorsen of Sheboygan, and oral argument by Robert H. Halvorsen.

For the respondents there was a brief by Kopish, Miron & Boyle of Marinette, and oral argument by William P. Kopish.


HALLOWS, J.

We believe the verdict is so defective as to be void and unable to support a judgment and consequently there must be a reveal and a new trial. It was not proper to include the passive negligence of the two guest-passengers in the same comparative-negligence question with the active negligence of the host and thus require the jury to assume the total of the negligence, active and passive, of all the parties constituted 100 percent. Such form of verdict...

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