McGonegle v. Wisconsin Gas & Electric Co.

The only question raised upon this appeal is whether the $1,000 awarded for pecuniary benefits the parents might reasonably expect from their child after he attained the age of twenty-one years has any foundation in the evidence. The total amount of damages awarded for the loss of the child’s services was $1,500. This is not excessive when compared with other verdicts which have been sustained. Thus, in Ewen v. C. & N. W. R. Co. 38 Wis. 613, a $2,500 verdict for the death of a nine-year-old son was sustained. In Strong v. Stevens Point, 62 Wis. 255, 22 N. W. 425, a $1,200 verdict for the…