Helleckson v. Loiselle

There are two issues presented:(1) Was the $500 awarded by the jury for conscious pain and suffering so inadequate as to require a new trial on the issue of damages?(2) Was the plaintiff more than 10 percent con-tributorily negligent as a matter of law?

In a very recent opinion, Bach v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co. (1967), 36 Wis. 2d 72, 83, 152 N. W. 2d 911, this court set forth the procedure it would follow in cases where it is claimed that damages for personal injury are excessive. There is no reason why the same should not apply where damages are claimed to be inadequate. The court, in Bach,…