Opinion ID: 1854562
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: In connection with the matter of the judgment against defendant Holiday, an entirely different situation is presented.

Text: This defendant's timely motion for new trial based in part upon erroneous proof and award of damages was overruled. The problem presented is limited to one issue aloneimproper determination of damages to be paid by defendant Holiday to these plaintiffs. We have previously held a case may be remanded for determination of a single issue. In Feldhahn v. Van DeVenter, 253 Iowa 1194, 115 N.W.2d 862, this court, in dealing with inadequacy of a verdict, reversed and remanded for further proceedings on that sole issue. To remand the case at hand for another complete trial would be an injustice to plaintiffs and a source of needless cost to defendant Holiday. The ends of justice will far better be served by limiting the issue determinable upon remand to the matter of damages. See McCarville v. Ream, 247 Iowa 1, 10-14, 72 N.W.2d 476. XI. This case is reversed and remanded: (1) For entry of order sustaining the motion for directed verdict by defendant Speed Queen, a Division of McGraw-Edison Company, and (2) for entry of order setting aside the judgment heretofore entered by the trial court, the taking of testimony limited to the matter of damages, if any, owing to plaintiffs by defendant Holiday Distributing Corporation, and for judgment accordingly. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.