VOGEL v. GRANT-LAFAYETTE ELEC. COOP.

No. 94-0822.

195 Wis.2d 198 (1995)

536 N.W.2d 140

Dale VOGEL, and Alice Vogel, Plaintiffs-Respondents-Cross Appellants, v. GRANT-LAFAYETTE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, a domestic corporation, and Federated Rural Electric Insurance Corporation, a domestic corporation, Defendants-Appellants-Cross Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided June 8, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants-cross respondents the cause was submitted on the briefs of Denis R. Vogel of Wheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C., of Madison.

For the plaintiffs-respondents-cross appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of Scott Lawrence of Lawrence & Des Rochers,S.C., of St. Nazianz.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Dykman, J.


EICH, C.J.

The Grant-Lafayette Electric Cooperative and Federated Rural Electric Insurance Corporation (GLEC) appeal, and Dale and Alice Vogel cross-appeal, from a judgment awarding the Vogels $300,000 (reduced to $200,000 for their contributory negligence) for damage to their dairy herd caused by stray electrical voltage.

GLEC claims that the trial court erred in: (1) erroneously submitting the case to the jury...

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