Legal Opinion
Grote v. Meyers Land and Cattle Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided July 2, 1992No. S-89-766PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFahrnbruch, J.
Meyers Land and Cattle Co. (Meyers), a Nebraska corporation doing business in Sheridan County, Nebraska, appeals a $250,000 jury verdict in favor of 16-year-old Cory Grote and his parents as a result of Cory’s receiving head injuries when a weanling colt owned by Meyers kicked him.
I. CLAIMED ERRORS
On appeal, Meyers claims the trial court erred in (1) refusing to grant its motion for a directed verdict, (2) refusing to instruct the jury on Meyers’ affirmative defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of the risk, (3) giving a certain instruction to the jury, (4) refusing to grant…
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