Waseca Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Olson

OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from an order denying appellants’ motion for a new trial. Appellants claim (1) evidence.of respondent’s collision insurance coverage is admissible for impeachment purposes, (2) the correct measure of damages is the repair cost, (3) the jury should have been instructed regarding respondent’s duty to mitigate damages, and (4) expert testimony was improperly admitted where the experts were not competent nor qualified to testify and their testimony was speculative and conjectural. We affirm.

FACTS

In September 1980, respondent Waseca Sand and Gravel, Inc.…