Court Opinion

ID: 9728096
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:58:39.540571+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:45.522777
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Fairchild, J.
(concurring in part). I agree that the jury could properly find plaintiff negligent with respect to driving with his elbow out the window. But I would favor the return of the case for a new comparison of negligence, holding that as a matter of law defendant’s negligence as disclosed by the record, substantially exceeded that of plaintiff. I respectfully disagree with the proposition that the chain of events leading to the injury was so unusual that there should be judicial intervention on policy grounds to free Mr. Schilling from reduction of his recovery on account of his negligence. See Longberg v. H. L. Green Co. (1962), 15 Wis. (2d) 505, 516, 113 N. W. (2d) 129, 114 N. W. (2d) 435.
I am authorized to state that Mr. Justice Hallows joins in this opinion.