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HURTIG v. BJORK

No. 51822.

138 N.W.2d 62 (1965)

Waldo HURTIG, Administrator of the Estate of Vicki Hurtig, Deceased, Appellant, v. Orville BJORK, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 16, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Knudson, Marcus, and James, Greer, Nelson & Bertell, Spencer, for appellant.

Cornwall, Cornwall & Avery, Spencer, and Smith & Grigg, Primghar, for appellee.

GARFIELD, Chief Justice.

Waldo Hurtig, as administrator of the estate of his little daughter Vicki, brought this law action to recover for her death from injuries received when struck by defendant Bjork's auto after she alighted from a school bus. Defendant admitted liability and the amount of recovery was submitted to a jury which returned a verdict of $28,000. On defendant's motion for new trial the court ruled this was excessive and ordered a new trial unless plaintiff...

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