Court Opinion

ID: 9728343
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:05:42.507654+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:46.896361
License: Public Domain

TODD, Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur in the majority opinion.
At oral argument the issue of submission of an additional question to the jury regarding disability arose. Under Minn.Stat. § 65B.51, subd. 3(b)(4) (1978), where an injury results in disability for 60 days or more, a litigant may proceed with a cause of action. Under the statute, disability means the inability to engage in substantially all of the injured person’s usual and customary daily activities. The submission of such a question to the jury was not requested. However, on retrial, it would be error not to submit such a question in addition to the question of permanent injury if requested.