CHRISTOPHERSON v. INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. 284

No. C6-84-349.

354 N.W.2d 845 (1984)

Sharon and Myron CHRISTOPHERSON, Appellants, v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 284, Respondent, Medicine Lake Bus Company and Bernard Lyon Doherty, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

September 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan Stuurmans, Stuurmans & Karan, P.A., Minneapolis, for appellants.

John F. Angell, Lasley, Gaughan, Stich & Angell, P.A., Minneapolis, for Independent School Dist. No. 284, respondent.

James A. O'Neal, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, for Medicine Lake Bus Co. and Bernard Lyon Doherty, respondents.

Heard, considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and LESLIE and CRIPPEN, JJ.


OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Judge.

Appellants appeal the trial court's order refusing to grant a new trial, claiming the trial court erred (1) by refusing to permit counsel to comment to the jury upon the effect of their answers to questions concerning percentage of comparative fault, (2) the jury's findings were contrary to the weight of evidence, (3) by aggregating appellant Sharon Christopherson's portion of comparative fault. We reverse and remand.

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