Jacoboski v. Prax

Donald C. Odden, Justice. *

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying plaintiffs’ alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the jury verdict or a new trial.

Plaintiffs’ motion was based on two grounds: (1) The verdict was not justified by the evidence; (2) the trial court should have granted plaintiffs’ motion for a directed verdict at the close of the testimony.

Plaintiffs’ cause of action arises out of an accident occurring September 25, 1962, wherein plaintiff Ramona Biniek Jacoboski was seriously injured when she fell from the fender of an automobile driven by…