Skoog v. City of Grand Forks

SAND, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, Melville Skoog and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company [hereinafter referred to as Skoog], from a district court order reducing the prayer for relief in Skoog’s complaint from $145,000.00 to $7,505.83. The defendant, City of Grand Forks, cross-appealed from part of the same order which denied its motion for summary judgment of dismissal.

Melville Skoog allegedly fell on a sidewalk in the city of Grand Forks on 20 Feb. 1974. Pursuant to § 40-42-01, North Dakota Century Code, 1 a notice of claim was filed on behalf of Skoog and Aetna Casualty and…