Case Name: Sweet, Appellant, v. Farmers Insurance Exchange and another, Respondents
Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1960-06-07
Citations: 10 Wis. 2d 565
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sweet, Appellant, v. Farmers Insurance Exchange and another, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Wisconsin Reports Second
Volume: 10
Pages: 565–566

Head Matter:
Sweet, Appellant, v. Farmers Insurance Exchange and another, Respondents.
May 2
June 7, 1960.
For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by Iruing D. Gaines of Milwaukee.
For the respondents there was a brief by Bender, Trump, Davidson' & Godfrey of Milwaukee, and Schlotthauer & Jenswold of Madison, attorneys, and Kneeland A. Godfrey of Milwaukee, and John T. Jenswold of Madison, both of counsel, and oral argument by Max D. Davidson.
Motion for rehearing denied, without costs, on October 4, 1960.

Opinion:
Hallows, J.
The issues of negligence involved in this action are so intertwined with those in Giemza v. Allied American Mut. Fire Ins. Co., ante, p. 555, 103 N. W. (2d) 538, that a new trial is necessarily required for the reasons set forth therein. The damages may be in excess of the statutory amount. The record is not clear on this point. If they are, the trial court can reduce them and avoid the expense of relitigating the damages issue. Therefore, in the new trial the issues should be confined to the various questions of negligence involved.
By the Court. — Judgment reversed, and new trial granted on all issues except damages.