VANDEN BROUCKE v. LYON COUNTY

No. 44520.

222 N.W.2d 792 (1974)

Andrew VANDEN BROUCKE, et al., Respondents, v. LYON COUNTY, Minnesota, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molter & Runchey and Robert C. Runchey, Marshall, for appellants.

Grose, Von Holtum, Von Holtum, Sieben & Schmidt and Douglas E. Schmidt, Worthington, for respondents.

Heard before MacLAUGHLIN, YETKA, and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


SCOTT, Justice.

This is an action arising out of an automobile accident on a bridge located in and owned and maintained by Lyon County. The jury found that Lyon County and its agents or employees were 100-percent negligent in the maintenance or care of the bridge, and that this negligence was the direct cause of the accident. The plaintiffs were found not to be negligent. The defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for a...

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