GODBERSEN v. MILLER

No. 88-218.

439 N.W.2d 206 (1989)

Dale GODBERSEN, Appellee, v. Donald G. MILLER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Wharton and Fred L. Morris of Peddicord, Wharton, Thune & Foxhoven, P.C., Des Moines, for appellant.

Steven T. Roth, Storm Lake, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL and ANDREASEN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

This is a tort action arising out of a tavern brawl in Odebolt, Iowa. The important question on appeal is whether the trial court should have reduced the plaintiff's punitive damage award in proportion to the degree of comparative fault assessed against him by the jury. Because we find no error in the court's entry of judgment on the jury's verdict, and because appellant's other assignments of error furnish no ground for reversal, we affirm.

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