Kantorowicz v. VFW Post, No. 230

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

Respondent Kantorowicz slipped and fell, injuring his wrist, while walking from appellant’s parking lot to its VFW building. A jury found respondent 18.5% negligent, and appellant 81.5% negligent and awarded damages. This appeal is from the trial court’s denial of VFW’s motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, for a remittitur, or alternatively for a new trial.

FACTS

In February 1979 respondent Steve Kan-torowicz, a VFW member, parked his car in the VFW lot located on the southwest corner of 45th and Central Avenue in Minneapolis. The lot is separated from the…