Milwaukee Automobile Mutual Insurance v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co.

A number of issues are presented on this appeal concerning the negligence of Kuckuck. We first consider these issues.

1. Was any negligence on the part of Kuckuck in jailing to give a proper right-turn signal, as a matter of law, not causal?

Appellant’s first complaint is that any negligence on the part of Kuckuck in failing to give a right-turn signal was not causal. There is no merit in this contention.

“To make a finding of proximate cause there must be evidence upon which to reasonably conclude that Rice’s negligence affected Gilbertson’s conduct.”

Here, Miss Chambers testified that Kuckuck…