Stumne v. Village Sports & Gas

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the district court denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict of the jury or, in the alternative, for a new trial on grounds that the verdict was not justified by the evidence.

After school on March 23,1971, plaintiff Debra Stumne stopped at Village Sports & Gas to purchase gas for her father’s car. An employee, John McCullough, pumped the gas and then asked Debra if she wanted to ride in one of the all-terrain vehicles which defendant had on sale. The two of them got into the vehicle and started to move in a route designed to take them in…