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PARKS v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORP.

No. 48629.

289 N.W.2d 456 (1979)

Dwight PARKS, Respondent, v. ALLIS-CHALMERS CORPORATION, formerly Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

As Modified on Rehearing Denied February 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, G. Marc Whitehead and Desyl L. Peterson, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Cann, Schmidt, Weddel & Haskell, James W. Haskell, and Douglas W. Cann, Bemidji, for respondent.

Heard before OTIS, PETERSON and KENNEDY, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

CHARLES W. KENNEDY, Justice.*

Plaintiff, Dwight Parks, lost part of his right arm when he was unclogging corn stalks in a forage harvester manufactured by defendant, Allis-Chalmers Corporation. His action for damages was submitted as a claim for negligence, and the jury found that defendant was 51 percent negligent, plaintiff was 49 percent negligent, and plaintiff's damages were $143,000. Judgment was entered for plaintiff for $72,930...

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