Anderson v. Gabrielson

Otis, Justice.

The plaintiffs Anderson (hereafter designated plaintiff) recovered verdicts of $37,500 against defendants, Martin C. Gabrielson and Oscar Lundhagen, in an action arising out of a two-car collision in which Dorothy Anderson was a passenger and each defendant a driver. There were no cross-claims between defendants.

The trial court denied Lundhagen’s motion for judgment n. o. v. but granted him a new trial on the issue of liability only, “in the interests of justice.” In response to a motion by Gabrielson to vacate that order or to specify the grounds on which it was based, it was…