Legal Opinion
Sambs v. City of Brookfield
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided January 7, 1975No. 301PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConnor T. Hansen, J.
This appeal presents issues both as to determination of causal negligence on the part of the defendant and the trial court’s finding of waiver of the statutory limitations of liability by the city. Therefore, we deem it desirable to review the evidence in considerable detail. The issues raised on the negligence trial and the waiver trial will be considered separately.
Negligence trial.
On the evening of February 20, 1965, the plaintiff and his friends, Nowak, Thomas Wayne Kurth, Dale Smith and Larry Pfeil, went to a beer bar in Ixonia, Wisconsin, in Nowak’s car. After drinking a few shorty…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- McConville v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
- State v. SilvaNevada Supreme Court · 1970
- Limpert v. SmithWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
- Koenig v. Milwaukee Blood Center, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1964
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Stanhope v. Brown CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1979
- Sambs v. City of BrookfieldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
- Atkinson v. HaldaneAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
- In Matter of Estate of BilsieCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1981
- Estate of Cargill v. City of RochesterSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
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