Bennett v. Minson

In November, 1985, plaintiffs log truck collided with a potato truck owned by defendant. Both vehicles were damaged, and plaintiff and defendant brought separate district court actions against each other. Plaintiff subsequently refiled in circuit court, and defendant counterclaimed. A jury returned a special verdict that defendant was negligent on plaintiffs claim and plaintiff was negligent on defendant’s counterclaim. The jury found that each party was 50 percent negligent and found plaintiffs damages to be $14,203.60, and defendant’s damages to be $4,000.

The trial court denied defendant’s…