Steffes v. Farmers Mutual Automobile Insurance

The following issues are presented on this appeal:

*324(1) Is there any credible evidence to sustain the jury’s findings that both Bernard and Emmanuel Steffes assumed the risk of Walsh’s negligent management and control?(2) Was prejudicial error committed by the trial court in the conduct of the trial which necessitates the directing of a new trial ?(3) Were the damages determined by the jury so low as to indicate that the verdict was the result of perversity, passion, or prejudice ?

Assumption of Risk.

On Saturday evening, July 23, 1955, the two Steffes brothers, Walsh, and one Norbert Palzkill…