Gass v. Hilson

Mary Jo Gass, plaintiff and appellant, appeals from the denial of her motion for a new trial entered by the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, pursuant to Rule 59(d), M.R.Civ.P. We affirm.

The issue raised on appeal is whether the District Court properly denied plaintiff’s motion for a new trial based on plaintiff’s conten tion that damages awarded were inadequate when viewed in the light of the evidence submitted.

On September 2, 1984, Mary Jo Gass, a 37-year-old buyer for a diversified agricultural business, was approaching a red light in a Great Falls…