Kanzenbach v. S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

Appellants submit that the trial court erred in denying their motions after verdict to change the answers to the questions of Armstrong’s causal negligence from “Yes” to “No” ahd the comparative-negligence answer to “Zero” in respect to Armstrong, and to give judgment for the defendants upon the verdict so changed.

If there is any credible evidence which, under any reasonable view, fairly admits of an inference that supports the jury’s finding, neither the trial court nor an appellate court has any authority to change the jury’s answers or findings. Auster v. Zaspel (1955), 270 Wis. 368, 370,…