BYRNS v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY

Nos. 49470, 49585.

295 N.W.2d 517 (1980)

Margaret BYRNS and Francis Byrns, Individually and as Husband Wife, Appellants, v. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Minnesota, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacDonald & Munger and Harry L. Munger, Duluth, for appellants.

Alan L. Mitchell, County Atty., and Mary L. Peterson, Asst. County Atty., Duluth, for respondents.

Heard before KELLY, TODD, and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLY, Justice.

Plaintiff Margaret Byrns was a passenger in a car that collided with a snowplow driven by defendant Johnson in the course of his employment with defendant St. Louis County. She and her husband Francis Byrns brought suit, claiming that Johnson's negligence caused the collision, resulting in permanent injury to Mrs. Byrns' neck. After a trial, the jury found the driver of the car to be negligent, but also found that the negligence was not a direct cause...

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