Britton v. Hoyt

I think the time has come that the Powers 1 rule should be applied to the apportionment of negligence at the trial and appellate level and apportionment of negligence be treated like damages. We formerly said the matter of damages is peculiarly within the discretion of the jury. See: Spiegel v. Silver Lake Beach Enterprises (1957), 274 Wis. 439, 450, 80 N. W. 2d 401; Boyle v. Larzelere (1944), 245 Wis. 152, 155, 13 N. W. 2d 528; Nelson v. Duluth St. Ry. Co. (1928), 197 Wis. 28, 30, 221 N. W. 388; West v. Day (1927), 193 Wis. 187, 195, 212 N. W. 648; Schmidt v. Riess (1925), 186 Wis. 574, 579,…