Petroski v. Eaton Yale & Towne, Inc.

In the recent case of Wittka v. Hartnell (1970), 46 Wis. 2d 374, 175 N. W. 2d 248, a safe-place statute case, we held that, where a judgment was entered on a motion for directed verdict dismissing a complaint, appellate review of the alleged errors of the trial court would not be entertained as a matter of right where no post-trial motions with respect to the issues raised had been made prior to the appeal. We relied therein upon Jonas v. Northeastern Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (1969), 44 Wis. 2d 347, 171 N. W. 2d 185, which explicated the rule of Wells v. Dairyland Mut. Ins. Co. (1957), 274 Wis.…