Case Name: HARLAN LEE OBER, BY HIS FATHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN, HARLAN E. OBER, AND OTHERS v. C. HARVEY WILKENS AND ANOTHER
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Decision Date: 1972-12-08
Citations: 295 Minn. 525
Docket Number: No. 43550
Parties: HARLAN LEE OBER, BY HIS FATHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN, HARLAN E. OBER, AND OTHERS v. C. HARVEY WILKENS AND ANOTHER.
Judges: Heard before Knutson, C. J., and Rogosheske, Peterson, and Todd, JJ.
Reporter: Minnesota Reports
Volume: 295
Pages: 525–525

Head Matter:
HARLAN LEE OBER, BY HIS FATHER AND NATURAL GUARDIAN, HARLAN E. OBER, AND OTHERS v. C. HARVEY WILKENS AND ANOTHER.
202 N.W. 2d 877.
December 8, 1972
No. 43550.
Taylor Law Firm and Elmer W. Foster, for appellants.
Winzenburg & Halloran and John I. Halloran, for respondents.
Heard before Knutson, C. J., and Rogosheske, Peterson, and Todd, JJ.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendants in this personal injury action appeal from the denial of their motion for a new trial, questioning only the damages in the amount of $36,379 awarded to plaintiff Harlan E. Ober. Defendants contend that the jury's verdict was based upon inadmissible evidence as to plaintiff's loss of future earning capacity and was therefore the product of bias and prejudice. Upon a careful consideration of the record, we are persuaded that the challenged evidence was not inadmissible and that in light of both his special and general damages, including a permanent partial disability of the spine, the award to plaintiff, although generous, was not as a matter of law excessive.
Affirmed.