Foley v. City of West Allis

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals filed on September 27, 1982, affirming an order of the Cir cuit Court for Milwaukee County, Harold B. Jackson, Jr., Circuit Judge. The circuit court dismissed the plaintiffs’ personal injury action on its merits because according to its calculations based on the jury’s special verdict answers, each plaintiff’s contributory negligence was greater than each defendant’s negligence. In making its calculations, the circuit court treated each plaintiff’s failure to wear available seat belts as it would treat any other form of…