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STRAIN v. CHRISTIANS

No. 17403.

483 N.W.2d 783 (1992)

Art STRAIN and Verla Strain, as the Special Administrators of the Estate of Tyler Strain, Deceased, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Harry CHRISTIANS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 1, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Johnson, Stephanie Pochop, Johnson, Eklund & Abourezk, Gregory, Leon Vanderlinden, Delaney, Vanderlinden & Delany, Webster, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Gary Thimsen, Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, P.C., Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.

WUEST, Justice.

Art and Verla Strain (The Strains), as special administrators of the estate of their son Tyler Strain (Tyler), deceased, commenced a wrongful death and survivorship action against Appellant, Harry Christians (Christians). The matter came on for trial before a jury. The jury returned a verdict in the Strains' favor in the amount of $75,000. Christians appeals. We affirm.

Tyler was fourteen years of age. He had lived on a farm most of his life...

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