Podgorski v. Kerwin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $31,000 for personal injuries. The ease was tried before Haupt, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion that the jury be discharged and the court take up the case for adjudication under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and denied defendant’s subsequent motion for a directed verdict on the ground that plaintiff was not the real party in interest and under G. S. 1913, § 8229,…
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $31,000 for personal injuries. The ease was tried before Haupt, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion that the jury be discharged and the court take up the case for adjudication under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and denied defendant’s subsequent motion for a directed verdict on the ground that plaintiff was not the real party in interest and under G. S. 1913, § 8229, subdivisions 1 and 2, was not entitled to maintain the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $7,000. From an…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Action at law for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant. In addition to joining issue on the allegations of negligence and the nature and character of plaintiff’s injuries, defendant interposed by way of special defense a claim that the rights and lia*315bilities of the parties were controlled by the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and that if plaintiff was entitled to any relief for the injury complained of the measure thereof was the amount fixed by that act. This defense was, by the rulings of the trial court and the verdict of the jury, entirely eliminated…
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