Jacobson v. Greyhound Corp.

Two issues are raised upon this appeal— (1) was it error to exclude the expert testimony, and (2) was it error to grant the motion for a directed verdict?

Greyhound called two county highway commissioners to give expert opinion testimony as to the proper manner of plowing snow and as to whether Lyons, the driver of the Clark county snowplow, operated the vehicle at an excessive speed. The two county highway commissioners were John E. Smith from Eau Claire county, and Stewart O’Flanigan from Dunn county. While testimony of the two witnesses is not identical, it is essentially so; for this…