Legal Opinion
Vogel v. Grant-Lafayette Electric Cooperative
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided June 8, 1995No. 94-0822PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEich, C. J.
The Grant-Lafayette Electric Cooperative and Federated Rural Electric Insurance Corporation (GLEC) appeal, and Dale and Alice Vogel cross-appeal, from a judgment awarding the Vogels $300,000 (reduced to $200,000 for their contributory negligence) for damage to their dairy herd caused by stray electrical voltage.
GLEC claims that the trial court erred in: (1) erroneously submitting the case to the jury on a nuisance theory, thus improperly permitting the Vogels to recover additional damages for "annoyance" and "inconvenience"; (2) failing to confíne the Vogels' damages to a specific period of…
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3Cited by6 opinions
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