Cook v. Stenslie

SAND, Justice.

Plaintiff Susan Cook was injured in an automobile-pedestrian accident. After a verdict for Cook in the amount of $50,000 rendered by a jury in Cass County district court, defendant-driver Clyde Stenslie moved for .judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial. The motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied, but the motion for a new trial was granted on grounds that the verdict was excessive, unsupported by the evidence, and influenced by passion and prejudice.

Susan Cook was walking across Main Avenue in Fargo on her way to work when…