Burmac Metal Finishing Co. v. West Bend Mutual Insurance

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• affirming jury verdict that insured’s capping of sprinkler heads did not substantially comply with condition
• “ ‘The purpose of a special interrogatory is not to instruct the jury, but to act as a check on its verdict.’ Specifically, special interrogatories are used to test the general verdict against the jury’s conclusions as to the ultimate controlling facts.” (Citation omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).