Davis v. Mercy Medical Center

Citations

• 994 N.W.2d 380
• 2023 ND 153

Syllabus

In a negligence action, a proximate cause is a cause which, as a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any controlling intervening cause, produces the injury, and without which it would not have occurred. A court will not disturb a jury's damages verdict unless the verdict is so excessive or inadequate as to be without evidentiary support. The jury must determine the damages to which a party is entitled within reasonable limits, based upon the evidence. If those limits have been exceeded, it is the court's duty to make a proper reduction or grant a new trial.