Rieschl v. Wisconsin Michigan Power Co.

The only error relied upon by the defendant is the refusal of the court to grant defendant’s motion to change the answer of the jury to question number three from “Yes” to “No,” and to enter judgment dismissing plaintiff’s complaint on the merits. Defendant concedes that there is credible evidence to sustain the jury’s finding as to the first and second questions of the special verdict, that is, that there was a defect at the time in question in the step of defendant’s bus due to the formation of ice thereon, and that such defect was a proximate, cause of the plaintiff’s injury. But defendant…