Brown v. Markve

Defendant appeals from the order of the Sixteenth Judicial District, Fallon County, granting a new trial. The District Court granted a new trial on the grounds that the $25,000 jury award to the plaintiff constituted inadequate damages. We reverse the District Court.

The only issue is whether the District Court erred in granting plaintiff’s motion for a new trial after the plaintiff had received a jury verdict of $25,000.

Plaintiff had stopped her vehicle at a stop light in Baker, Montana. Her stopped vehicle was struck from the rear by a pickup truck operated by the defendant. Prior to the…