MacHerey v. Home Insurance

The majority applies the wrong standard of appellate review of the trial court's decision to grant Home Insurance Company's motion for a directed verdict. The majority states:

A jury verdict will be sustained if there is any credible evidence to support it. Where a trial court has set aside a jury's verdict, the standard for appellate review "is 'whether there is any credible evidence which under any reasonable view fairly admits of an inference supporting the findings. The evidence is to be viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict.'" Grutzner v. Kruse, 87 Wis. 2d 38, 40-41, 273…