Hansen v. Brogan

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff entered on a jury verdict in the amount of $65,000. Motions for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial were made and denied. The verdict was directed insofar as liability was concerned, with the only problem left to the jury as to the amount of damages.

The cause arose from a goring of plaintiff by a buffalo. Plaintiff was a tourist from Kentucky, who with his family was enroute to Yellowstone Park. Plaintiff stopped at Cor-win Hot Springs to view some buffalo, elk, deer and animals displayed to attract tourists. Corwin Hot…