Haight v. Luedtke

Appellants contend that the court erred in denying their motion for a nonsuit; in denying their motion' for a directed verdict; in denying their motions after verdict to change the answers as returned by the jury. Appellants argue that plaintiff, as a matter of law, assumed the risk and was also guilty of contributory negligence, and that defendant-Luedtke was guilty of negligence as a matter of law.

The facts are not much in dispute. It appears that on Sunday morning, March 16, 1941, at approximately the same time, the defendant Luedtke, accompanied by,his wife and mother, left Wausau to…