Ryan v. Twin City Milk Producers Association

Otis,-Justice.

Plaintiff has recovered a verdict of $85,000 for personal injuries sustained in a two-car collision. The jury found defendant A. W. Lund Company liable for failing properly to repair defective brakes on the vehicle driven by defendant Hartland Lubich. Lubich was found to be negligent but the jury determined that his negligence was not a proximate cause of the accident. Defendant Lund appeals, claiming that Lubich’s negligence was a proximate cause of the accident as a matter of law and that plaintiff’s award of damages was excessive.

At the time of the collision on February 28,…