Wingad v. John Deere & Co.

John Deere & Co., doing business under the assumed name of Deere & Company (John Deere) appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Shelley Wingad. The jury found John Deere causally negligent in a work-related accident that injured Wingad. John Deere contends that the trial court erred by adopting Wingad's modifications to the standard jury instructions and a nonpattern instruction because the changes disrupted the proper balance that must be maintained in jury instructions. It also submits that one of the jury instructions was not supported by the evidence admitted at trial.…