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ROBERTSON v. JOHNSON

No. 42703.

190 N.W.2d 486 (1971)

Maurice ROBERTSON, Respondent, v. Cynthia JOHNSON and H. Earl Johnson, Respondents, Kenneth Anderson and Dorothy Anderson, Respondents, Kenneth LeRold and Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, Appellants, Robert A. Reed, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied October 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jardine, Logan & O'Brien and Graham Heikes and Michael J. Healy, St. Paul, for appellants.

Loren M. Barta, Owatonna, for Robertson.

Altman, Geraghty, Leonard & Mulally, St. Paul, for Johnson.

Newcome, Wallace & Newcome, St. Paul, for Anderson.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and NELSON, OTIS, PETERSON, and KELLY, JJ.

OPINION

OTIS, Justice.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained when plaintiff's vehicle left the highway to avoid another accident, crossed the median of a freeway, and collided with a truck, owned by defendant Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, and driven by defendant LeRold, coming from the opposite direction. Plaintiff lost a leg in the accident. The jury found his damages to be $218,000. The verdict attributed to

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