Longberg v. H.L. Green Co., Inc.
| Decision Date | 03 April 1962 |
| Citation | 15 Wis.2d 505,114 N.W.2d 435 |
| Parties | Mildred LONGBERG, Respondent, v. H. L. GREEN CO., Inc., a foreign corporation, et al., Appellants. (Two notices of appeal.) |
| Court | Wisconsin Supreme Court |
John P. Thornton, Eau Claire, Genrich, Terwilliger, Wakeen, Piehler & Conway, Wausau, for appellant Kliszcz.
Ramsdell, King, Carroll & Barland, Eau Claire, for appellant H. L. Green Co., Inc.
The special verdict returned by the jury made a comparison of the negligence of the two defendants and apportioned 70 per cent of the total aggregate negligence to defendant H. L. Green Company, and 30 per cent thereof to defendant Thomas G. Kliszcz. The judgment entered below provided for contribution between the defendants on an equal basis.
Defendant-appellant Kliszcz has filed a motion for rehearing in which he asks this court to apply the new rule on contribution, enunciated in Bielski v. Schulze, (1962), 16 Wis.2d 1, 114 N.W.2d 105, to those portions of the judgment which provide for contribution between the two defendants. This rule was made retroactive to all cases except those in three specified classifications. We deem that the instant case does not fall within any of these three excepted classifications.
Therefore, our prior mandate is modified to read as follows:
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