Pribil v. Koinzan

Hannon, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Lawrence Pribil sued Barton and Sandra Koinzan, Terry Held, and Genevieve Shaw (collectively the defendants) for damages that the Koinzans’ cattle did to Pribil’s mature com and soybean crops on several quarters of irrigated land. The Koinzans’ cattle escaped from Shaw’s land and went onto Pribil’s neighboring fields. A summary judgment on the issue of liability was granted, and liability is not disputed in this appeal. In Pribil’s operative petition, he sought $164,079.42 in damages, but the jury returned a verdict for only $34,920.60. Pribil alleges that the trial…