LOOKS TWICE v. WHIDBY

No. 19716.

569 N.W.2d 459 (1997)

1997 SD 120

Georgine L. LOOKS TWICE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Julian WHIDBY and Evelyn Whidby, D/B/A Stockmans Lounge and Liquors, Defendants and Appellees, and Jean Adele Ghost, Deloris L. Long Soldier and Jacqueline Judith Palmier, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided October 15, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Abourezk of Abourezk Law Firm, Rapid City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Donald P. Knudsen, G. Verne Goodsell of Gunderson, Palmer, Goodsell & Nelson, Rapid City, for defendants and appellees.


SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Three women attacked plaintiff in a bar fight, causing her serious physical injuries. She sued her attackers and the bar owners. The jury found against the attackers, but for the bar owners. Plaintiff appeals the denial of her motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and new trial. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] On March 6, 1993, Georgine Looks Twice was seated with a friend in Rapid City's Stockman...

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