Legal Opinion
Dinneen v. Finch
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided November 28, 1979No. 12462PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BISTLINE, Justice.
In this case we are required to consider first, the function of a trial judge when faced with a motion for a new trial based upon inadequate damages and, second, the function of this Court in reviewing the decision on that motion. This question has not previously been explicitly decided by this Court.
On January 5, 1973, plaintiff Dinneen was injured in an accident while returning from a day of skiing at the Jackass (now Silverhom) Ski Bowl area. He was one of two passengers in a 1973 Chevrolet Blazer *622driven by defendant Finch. (The other passenger was killed and neither his…
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