Peil v. Kohnke

The issues involved on these appeals from the judgments entered following this fifty-four-day jury trial naturally divide themselves, as does the opinion, into three subjects: liability, damages and coverage. We will consider them in that order.

I.Liability

The issues presented on the liability phase of this collection of cases are as follows:

1. Did the expert witness, Professor James Van Vleet, presented by Badger State give an opinion based upon unestablished assumptions ?

2. Was his opinion on redirect examination that a “scuff mark” was “possibly” made by the (Kohnke) Cadillac’s right rear…