Legal Opinion
Town of Fifield v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1984No. 82-1444PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, C.J.
This is a review of a court of appeals published decision 1 which reversed a damages judgment of the circuit court for Price county, David A. Clapp, Circuit Judge. We reverse the court of appeals and reinstate the jury verdict and the circuit court judgment.
The Town of Fifield owned and maintained a bridge within the town boundaries which crossed a stream that separated one portion of the town from the rest.
The bridge was built in about 1905. It served the needs of the town until shortly after midnight on November 13, 1977, when the bridge, with a rated load limit of four tons, was traversed,…
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