SOLTIS v. GEARY

No. 41794.

176 N.W.2d 633 (1970)

Dorothy SOLTIS, Respondent, v. Nina GEARY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Robert L. SOLTIS, Third-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll, Cronan, Roth & Austin and Edward R. Soshnik, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Roy A. Schwappach and Edward Borkon, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Heard before NELSON, ROGOSHESKE, SHERAN, FRANK T. GALLAGHER, and THEODORE B. KNUDSON, JJ.


OPINION

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying the motion of defendant Nina Geary for a new trial on the issues of both liability and damages or in the alternative for a remittitur reducing an award for personal-injury damage to plaintiff from $10,000 to $2,500.

The only issue presented is whether it was an abuse of discretion for the trial court to refuse to set aside or reduce the verdict as excessive. We hold that it was not.

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