Crowder v. Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp.

The case was submitted to the jury on an ultimate-fact verdict, which found the Transport Corporation causally negligent and apportioned that negligence at 20 percent. Since separate questions were not asked in regard to the elements of negligence, it is impossible to ascertain what elements of negligence were found by the jury. If there is any credible evidence, however, from which the jury could conclude that the bus driver was negligent with respect to any of the items of negligence in regard to which they were instructed— lookout, management and control, or speed — the motion for directed…