Berten v. Pierce

KENNEDY, Judge.

Defendants Jack L. Pierce, et al., members of a farming partnership, appeal from judgments based upon jury verdicts of $50,-000 in favor of plaintiff Sharon Berten on her claim for personal injuries, and $10,000 for Jack D. Berten, Sharon’s husband, on his claim for loss of consortium.

Sharon Berten alleges she was injured in two different accidents caused by the negligence of the defendant in allowing their hogs to be in the public road. The first of the two accidents occurred April 16, 1986, when Mrs. Berten, on her way home from work in her automobile, struck a hog in the…