SAMSON v. RIESING

No. 233.

62 Wis.2d 698 (1974)

215 N.W.2d 662

SAMSON and wife, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RIESING and others, Defendants and Respondents: WOOD,Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff and Respondent: KOHL'S FOOD STORES, INC., Third-Party Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Samson, Friebert, Sutton & Finerty and Robert E. Sutton, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Robert E. Sutton.

For the respondents there was a brief by Ames, Riordan, Crivello & Sullivan and Donald H. Carlson, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Carlson.


HEFFERNAN, J.

This case was decided by granting the motions of the defendants for a directed verdict. The trial judge did not permit the case to go to the jury; and following the decision on the motions, the jury was dismissed and judgment entered. The plaintiffs argued that the trial judge's order not only violated this court's standards for resolving a case on a motion for summary judgment but also followed a procedure which does not have the approval of this court...

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