Rindahl v. National Farmers Union Insurance Companies

SIMONETT, Justice.

This case involves no-fault benefits eligibility for a farm wife who at the time of her injury worked in the home, helped with the farmwork, and held a full-time job in town. We affirm the trial court and the court of appeals on the award for replacement service loss benefits but reverse the award for income loss benefits for part-time farmwork.

Plaintiff-respondent Mary Lou Rindahl resides on a farm in Kittson County with her husband and five children. On July 14, 1978, she was in an auto accident and sustained a serious, disabling injury to her right foot. She brings this…