Haugen v. International Transport, Inc.

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Defendant, International Transport, Inc., appealed from a trial court order granting a new trial in a negligence action. The Minnesota Court of Appeals in dismissing the appeal ruled, pursuant to Minn.R.Civ. App.P. 103.03(d), that the order was not appealable because the trial court did not state, either in its order or in the accompanying memorandum, that the order was based exclusively upon errors of law occurring at trial. We affirm.

Plaintiff, Welsey M. Haugen, brought suit against defendant for personal injuries sustained in an accident at defendant’s trucking…