Hulstein v. Meilman Food Industries, Inc.
South Dakota Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
DUNN, Justice.
In an action in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit, plaintiff Tony Hul-stein received a jury award of $7,000 actual damages and $50,000 punitive damages. The trial court, in response to a motion by defendant Meilman Food Industries, Inc. (Meilman) for judgment n. o. v. or, alternatively, for a new trial, denied the motion for new trial on the condition that Hulstein file a remittitur accepting reduced damages of $4,574.46 actual damages and $5,000 punitive damages. Hulstein refused to accept the reduction in damages, and the trial court entered its order granting a…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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