Legal Opinion
Altrichter v. Shell Oil Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided November 27, 1957No. Civ. No. 1891PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEVITT, District Judge.
After a verdict for plaintiff in this personal injury action, the defendant moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. The defendant *852has suggested numerous grounds in support of his motions. Two of them will be here considered. They are alleged errors in the admission of expert testimony and the insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.
The plaintiff was burned on September 26, 1956 when heat transfer oil supplied by the defendant spurted out of an asphalt melter and struck him while he was working on a highway repair job near Benson,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chicago Great Western Ry. Co. v. BeecherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Woyak v. KonieskeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- Nadeau v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Mageau v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- State v. PaskewitzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Bradley R. Gray and Anastasia B. Gray v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Nelson v. Montgomery Ward & Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1960