DelMEDICO v. COATS

No. 43430.

203 N.W.2d 860 (1973)

JoAnne DelMEDICO et al., Respondents, v. Paul E. COATS, defendant and third-party plaintiff, Appellant, v. Mary L. HAAPALA and Ernest W. Haapala, third-party defendants, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross M. Muir and Michael B. Goodman, Rochester, for appellant.

O'Brien, Ehrick, Wolf, Deaner & Downing, Rochester, for DelMedico and others.

Price & Dunlap, Rochester, for Haapala.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and OTIS, KELLY, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


HAROLD W. SCHULTZ, Justice.*

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying defendant's motion for a new trial. Defendant contends that the trial court's instruction that his alleged statements encouraging other parties not to report the auto accident to the police were a permissible basis for an inference of negligent driving constitutes reversible error. Defendant also challenges the court's instructions on damages and...

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