Erdmann v. Wolfe

Three questions are presented: (1) Was the $5,000 allowance for personal injuries excessive? (2) Did the county court correctly determine, as a matter of law, that Miss Erdmann was not causally negligent? (3) If not, is a new trial required ?

1. Damages. Miss Erdmann testified that after the collision, she experienced terrible pain; that she was taken to the emergency room at the hospital in Sturgeon Bay, where Dr. Dorchester sewed up lacerations in her forehead, chin, and left knee. She was taken to her home in Green Bay the following day, and was in bed or on a couch there for a couple of…