O'KEEFE v. Lithocolor Press, Inc.

This appeal is taken from a judgment for $15,000 in favor of James O’Keefe, plaintiff, against Lithocolor Press, Inc., a corporation, and Bobert Gunderson. The case was tried before a jury and the judgment was entered on the jury’s verdict. The defendants filed a post-trial motion which the trial court denied. The defendants’ theory in this court is that the court erred in not allowing them a new trial because the verdict was excessive and was based on irrelevant, prejudicial and speculative evidence and was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence.

The case grew out of an accident…