TePoel v. Larson

Knutson, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.

Plaintiff’s intestate, Russell Ray TePoel, lost his life when hit by a truck driven by defendant. The accident occurred on a road commonly known as the Oslo Road which runs in a north-south direction from the village of Kasson. The road was 29% feet wide from shoulder to shoulder, with ditches approximately two feet deep or each side. The surface of the road was covered with crushed rock. Or the day involved, the road was covered with packed snow, hut crushed rock stuck…