Nommensen v. American Continental Insurance

¶ 1. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Nommensen v. American Continental Insurance Co., 2000 WI App 230, 239 Wis. 2d 129, 619 N.W.2d 137, which affirmed a judgment by the circuit court for Racine County, Richard J. Kreul, Judge. The case involves an alleged error in the jury instructions in a medical negligence trial. The sole issue is whether the circuit court erred in failing to grant the plaintiffs request to modify the standard jury instruction on the ordinary burden of proof in a civil case by substituting the word "probability" for the word "certainty."

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