VandeWalle
BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) – A mother and her daughter who was kicked in the head by a horse won’t collect the millions of dollars they sought from their cousins.
The North Dakota Supreme Court on April 16 affirmed a five-figure jury verdict, technically in favor of Melissa Oster and daughter N.B. But it’s figuratively a win for Josh Terwilliger and Samantha Seewalker, whose lawyers successfully argued against requested damages that included up to $1,260,316 in future economic damages and up to $5,589,704 in future pain and suffering damages.
After trial in December 2019, the Burleigh County jury awarded only $16,500 after choosing lower damages estimates in the range of what the defendants’ experts argued while finding Oster 45% at fault for the accident.