Legal Opinion
Bartels v. City of Williston
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 1, 1979No. Civ. 9547PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAND, Justice.
The issues under consideration herein were presented in the form of certified questions involving and pertaining to the North Dakota Contribution Among Tort-Feasors Act, Chapter 32-38, North Dakota Century Code, and the comparative negligence act, § 9-10-07, NDCC. The facts are not in dispute.
On 11 March 1977, about 2:30 a. m., John Mark Bartels (plaintiff), a passenger in a 1976 Jeep Cherokee, was seriously injured, causing him to be a quadriplegic, when the Jeep, driven by its owner, Donald Hackney (third-party defendant), went over a cliff, landing on its roof.
The accident…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Tolbert v. Gerber Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
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