Stenshoel v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county to recover $10,000 for injuries received while alighting from defendant’s train. The answer alleged contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury which returned a verdict for $500. From an order denying her motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff. There was a verdict for $500, and the plaintiff appeals from the order denying her motion for a new trial.
1. The plaintiff, a young woman, when alighting from a train of the defendant at Bamesville on November 19, 1916, sustained a dislocation of the knee-cap and the laceration of some ligaments. She received treatment at Bamesville for some three weeks and then was in a hospital at St. Paul for a month. Then she went to her home in Crook-ston. Afterwards she was in St. Paul once for treatment.
The physicians agree…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Dahlberg v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Anderson v. YoungSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
3Cited by20 opinions
- Krueger v. KnutsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
- Wilson v. SorgeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- Flaugh v. Egan Chevrolet, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1938
- Seydel v. ReuberSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
- Hurr v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
15 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.