Court Opinion

ID: 9714828
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:46:38.243052+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:14:16.120098
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Wilkie, J.
(concurring). I believe there is a need for changing the rule under the Wisconsin comparative negligence system which prohibits a plaintiff from recovering a portion of his damages where his negligence is equal to or greater than the defendant’s who is at least partially responsible for his injuries.
Although, in my opinion, the court has the authority to make these changes in the rule, and the legislature has not pre-empted the entire subject, at this time I would defer to .the legislature as the proper body to make a complete study of the subject and to adopt changes it concludes appropriate. Therefore, I concur.
I have been authorized to state that Mr. Justice Beil-puss joins in this concurrence.