Campion v. Knutson

Yetka, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial. His action was brought in the District Court of Ramsey County to recover for personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision occurring at the intersection of Maryland Avenue and Kent Street in the city of St. Paul on October 6, 1973. The jury returned a special verdict assessing plaintiff is causal negligence as 67.5 percent and that of defendant as 32.5 percent, and finding plaintiff’s damages to be $5,000. We affirm.

The accident occurred shortly after noon on a cold and drizzly October Saturday. While…