HANSON v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PAC. R. CO.

No. C5-82-1438.

345 N.W.2d 736 (1984)

Duane W. HANSON, Appellant, v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Walkovets, Gary W. Becker, Minneapolis, for appellant.

A. James Dickinson, St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


SIMONETT, Justice.

This appeal raises questions whether the jury's damage award in a personal injury FELA action should be reinstated or the trial court's remittitur be affirmed, or whether a new trial on damages should be granted. We affirm the remittitur as modified, but on condition that if the remittitur is not acceptable to plaintiff, defendant's motion for a new trial on damages is granted.

On August 16, 1978, plaintiff Duane W. Hanson, an employee of...

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