Halla Nursery, Inc. v. Baumann-Furrie & Co.

OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

The district court granted the respondent’s motion for a new trial because the court failed to advise the jury of the effect of its answers to comparative fault questions. The appellant asserts the district court abused its discretion by granting the new trial because the respondent did not timely object to the jury instructions and claims the alleged errors do not involve fundamental law or controlling principle. We affirm.

FACTS

The appellant Baumann-Furrie & Company is an accounting firm which provided accounting services for the respondent Hal-la Nursery, Inc.…