Olson v. A. W. Chesterton Co.

PEDERSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant, A. W. Chesterton Company, from an order of the district court of Grand Forks County denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial. Judgment upon a jury verdict was entered against Chesterton in the amount of $400,000 for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Gary Olson, who lost his left arm, clavicle, scapula, and associated shoulder joint structures while applying the defendant’s belt dressing product to the pinch point between the conveyor belt and power pulley of a conveyor belt system…