Wanner v. Getter Trucking, Inc.

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Getter Trucking, Inc., from a judgment of the District Court for McKenzie County entered on a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff, Rick Wanner, $700,000 for injuries proximately caused by the defendant’s negligence and from an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial. We affirm.

Rick Wanner was injured in a fall from an oil derrick. At the time of the accident, Wanner was employed as a floorhand for Dual Drilling, an oil drilling company. Upon completion of a drilling project, Dual contracted with…