Connar v. West Shore Equipment of Milwaukee, Inc.

The question presented on appeal is whether it was error to exclude from the special verdict a question relating to the negligence of the employer, when the employer was not a party to the negligence action and could not be liable by reason of the exclusivity of the workmen’s compensation remedy.

The trial judge erred in failing to grant the request of the two party-defendants to include the question of the employer’s negligence in the proposed jury’s verdict. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Edward C. Connar was employed by the Druml Company when, on June 10, 1969, he was killed during…