Jacobs v. Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp.

The action was dismissed because the contribution of Mrs. Jacobs’ negligence exceeded that of the defendant bus driver. Sec. 895.045, Stats. The first issue is whether the jury’s finding on apportionment of this negligence is sustained by the evidence. There was sufficient evidence to raise a jury question of causal negligence on the part of both the bus driver and Mrs. Jacobs and we cannot hold Mrs. Jacobs was not negligent as a matter of law.

The bus was stopped at the bus stop behind a car which had stopped for a signal light. Several passengers, Mrs. Jacobs, and her granddaughter boarded…