Vogt v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

This appeal presents three issues:

1. Was the special verdict rendered invalid because of the dissents of three jurors on the questions of causal negligence, comparative negligence, and damages?

2. Did the trial court err in refusing to strike certain testimony of Mrs. Kroha relating to pecuniary loss, and, if not, was the pecuniary loss award excessive?

3. Was the deceased causally negligent?

Was the Special Verdict Defective?

We find no precedent governing the precise factual situation in this case.

Defendant urges that the verdict is fatally defective and that the case should therefore be…