GOHMAN v. STAVRUM

No. C0-91-1791.

482 N.W.2d 821 (1992)

Steven William GOHMAN, as Trustee under the Minnesota Wrongful Death Act for the Next of Kin of Kathleen Florence Gohman, Deceased, Respondent, v. Harold Albert STAVRUM, Defendant, Phillip Roach Behr, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied May 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Michael Hall, L. Michael Hall, P.A., St. Cloud, for respondent.

James T. Martin, Gislason, Martin & Varpness, P.A., Edina, for appellant.

Considered and decided by LANSING, P.J., and KALITOWSKI and SCHUMACHER, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

In a wrongful death action brought by a trustee for the family of a deceased peace officer, the trial court denied the tort defendants' motion to deduct state and federal death benefits from the tort award as a collateral source. We affirm.

FACTS

Kathleen Gohman, a member of the Kimball Fire and Rescue Department, was struck by a car and killed while assisting at the scene of a car accident. Gohman's spouse and four...

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