Lutzenberger v. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.

The jury found that the plaintiff fell in the aisle of the car in question by reason of the fact that the defendant’s motorman in charge of the operation of the car suddenly increased the speed of the car with an unusually violent jerk. The defendant contends that there is no evi*46dence to sustain the verdict. In setting aside the answers to the relevant questions in the verdict, the trial court said:

“While there is great conflict in the evidence, there is some difficulty in fitting the plaintiff’s theory of the accident to the physical facts.

“No jerk of the car could cause the plaintiff to…