Legal Opinion
Molenaar v. United Cattle Co.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided July 30, 1996No. C2-96-32PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
On appeal from the denial of posttrial motions in a livestock conversion action, we revisit the issue of punitive damages for property injury and review the jury determinations on liability and compensatory damages. We reverse and remand the entry of JNOV on punitive damages and affirm the district court’s denial of JNOV on liability and its denial of JNOV, a new trial, or remit-titur on compensatory damages.
FACTS
A jury found United Cattle Company liable for converting Orville Molenaar’s sixty-five heifers. The verdict awarded both compensatory and punitive damages.…
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