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CHART v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 75-168.

80 Wis.2d 91 (1977)

258 N.W.2d 680

CHART, by Richard E. Sommer, her Guardian ad Litem, and another, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant: RICHARD L. GUTMANN, and another, Defendants: LEO J. GUTMANN, Third-Party Defendant. CHART, by Richard E. Sommer, her Guardian ad Litem, and another, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. DVORAK, and another, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs by Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee; Tinkham, Smith, Bliss, Patterson & Richards of Wausau; and Frazier F. Hilder, General Counsel's Office, General Motors Corporation, of Detroit, and oral argument by David E. Beckwith of Milwaukee.

For the respondents there were briefs by Curtis M. Kirkhuff of Madison, and Richard E. Sommer of Rhinelander, and oral argument by Messrs. Kirkhuff and Sommer.

DAY, J.

On the night of July 30, 1966 in the town of St. Germain, Wisconsin, Penny Chart, the principal respondent and plaintiff below, was severely injured when the 1963 Corvair Spyder Monza convertible in which she was a passenger went out of control, hitting a telephone pole, spinning, and then hitting a highway sign before coming to rest. In this action for personal injuries, a jury found defendant General Motors Corporation twelve percent negligent for plaintiff...

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