Freddie Pearl Masteller v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Stearns county to recover $30,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Taylor, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $15,000. From an order granting its motion for a new trial unless plaintiff would consent to a reduction of the verdict to $10,000, to which he agreed, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This action was before this court upon a former appeal (100 Minn. 236, 110 N. W. 869), where a statement of the facts will be found. The present appeal presents two questions:
1. Several physicians testified as experts in behalf of plaintiff. One of the hypothetical questions contained a statement of the collision of the two hand cars, the rate of speed at which it was propelled, how respondent was riding, how he was thrown against the handle bars arid upon the ground and thereby rendered unconscious, the time he was confined to his bed, the fact that he was unable to perform any manual labor,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Freddie Pearl Masteller v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
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