Schoenberg v. Berger

The main issue on appeal is the apportionment of negligence. It is the contention of defendants that deceased should have been held at least fifty per cent causally negligent as a matter of law because he failed to yield the right of way and to keep a proper lookout. The nature of these contentions requires a statement of facts in some detail to determine if there is evidence to support the jury’s findings.

The accident occurred about 7 p. m. on August 19, 1947, on State Trunk Highway 71 between the villages of'Wilton and Kendall in Monroe county, Wisconsin. The weather was cloudy and it was…