Erickson v. Sorenson

Scott, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court granting third-party defendant’s motion for a new trial. The order was “granted exclusively upon an error occurring at the trial and upon no other ground,” and in essence concerned an error in the instructions with respect to fundamental law or controlling principle. We reverse.

On January 24, 1970, an automobile owned by Emil E. Erickson and driven by Thomas E. Erickson collided with a snowmobile driven by David J. Sorenson on Itasca County Road No. 160. Linda Hedquist, a passenger on the snowmobile, was thrown from the vehicle upon…