Stadick v. Olson's Hardware’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “‘On a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict this court will take the view of the evidence most favorable to the verdict, giving to plaintiff’s evidence the strongest probative force of which it will admit and will draw therefrom such inferences and conclusions favorable to the jury’s verdict as a reasonable consideration of the evidence will permit.’ (Citations of authority). Stadick v. Olson’s Hardware, 64 N.W.2d 362 , 364 (N.D.1954).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steel v. Downs · Schultz & Lindsay Construction Co. v. Erickson

2. ““When the explosion occurred the only fire in the house was in the two pilot lights on the stove. The explosion occurred when the oven was opened by the plaintiff. The conclusion is inescapable that the explosion was caused by an accumulation of free gas in or about the stove. How did the gas come to be there? It had escaped from the system in one of two ways — either a burner was left partly open by tbe plaintiff or his wife or the gas escaped through a defect in the system. ‘ ‘ The plaintiff’s wife testified that she checked all of the burner valves to see that they were closed when she retired. The plaintiff testified that he looked at the stove before he opened the oven door; and there was nothing wrong with it; and that the burner valves were off. If the testimony of the Stadicks is to be believed, the only reasonable inference is that the gas that exploded escaped from a defect in the system. The evidence produced by the defendants shows that if the system was properly installed there was no danger of leakage . . . ‘ ‘ The fact that a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff indicates that the jury found the evidence of the Stadicks to be credible. On the basis of their evidence it was logical for the jury to infer that their injuries resulted from the explosion of gas that had escaped from the system that had been improperly installed by the defendants, whose negligence in making such an installation was the proximate cause of the damages which the plaintiff suffered.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chambers Built Ins Co. v. Rabb