ALBRECHT v. METRO AREA AMBULANCE

No. 20000226.

623 N.W.2d 367 (2001)

2001 ND 61

Laura Rae ALBRECHT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. METRO AREA AMBULANCE and Kent Hummel, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Boeck, Protection and Advocacy Project, Bismarck, ND, for plaintiff and appellant.

Tracy Vigness Kolb, Zuger Kirmis & Smith, Bismarck, ND, for defendants and appellees. Appearance by Lance D. Schreiner.


SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Laura Albrecht appealed from a judgment dismissing, with prejudice, her action for damages against Metro Area Ambulance ("Metro") and Kent Hummel for negligently transporting her to a medical facility. We hold the trial court erred in concluding it could not, as a matter of law, award noneconomic damages without evidence of economic damages. We reverse the judgment and remand for a new trial on the merits.

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