Schreiner v. Schmitz

OPINION

SCHUMACHER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s entry of judgment after a jury verdict in a wrongful death action. Appellant claims error on various grounds, including a constitutional challenge to the future damages discount provision of the Tort Reform Act, Minn.Stat. § 604.07 (1986).

FACTS

Two and one-half year old Nicholas Schreiner was killed in an automobile accident, when the car driven by his mother collided with a garbage truck driven by Robert Schmitz and owned by Town & Kountry Sanitation Company. The Schreiner vehicle was traveling on a county highway when the…