Rakness v. Swift & Company

Murphy, justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court granting defendants judgment notwithstanding a verdict for plaintiff and further providing that, if said order be set aside or vacated, a new trial be granted. The issue presented is whether plaintiff-employee, Harold M. Rakness, who began working for defendant Swift & Company, December 10, 1942, and suffered a permanently disabling heart attack October 18, 1962, but continued in the status of an employee until sometime during 1963 or 1964, had completed 20 years or more of continuous service prior to such disability so as to qualify…