Estate of Spicher Ex Rel. Spicher v. Miller

delivered the Opinion of the Court.. This is an action for wrongful death and survivorship. A jury in the Twelfth Judicial District, Hill County, returned a verdict for plaintiffs and awarded damages of $302,461. The plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

The issues are:

1. Did the District Court err in refusing to grant a new trial on grounds of juror misconduct and irregularity in the proceedings?

2. Did the court err in refusing to grant a new trial on grounds that the amount of the verdict was not supported by the evidence?

Vonnie Spicher, age thirty-five, died in the recovery room at Northern Montana…