Spiegel v. Silver Lake Beach Enterprises, Inc.

We first consider the contention of the plaintiffs that the jury’s finding that the defendant was not negligent in responding to the need of the plaintiffs’ decedent for assistance, is not supported by credible evidence, and is contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

Some of the material facts are not in dispute, while others are. It is undisputed that on July 12, 1954, Lavern Spiegel, eighteen years of age, went from Milwaukee to Silver Lake in Waukesha county with four other youths, Charles Gruber, twenty-four; Daniel Wisch, sixteen; John Seal, fifteen; and Donald Dwyer,…