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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Thoirs v. Pounsford, 299 N.W. 16.

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  • George v. Estate of Baker 724 N.W.2d 1 Minn. 2006
  • George v. Estate of Baker 724 N.W.2d 1 Minn. 2006
    re introduced in evidence or not.”); Tollefson v. Ehlers, 252 Minn. 370, 377 , (accepting the American Experience Tables of Mortality); Hallada v. Great N. Ry., 244 Minn. 81, 95 , -85 (1955) (accepting the U.S. Life Experience Table of Mortality), overruled on other grounds by Busch v. Busch Const., Inc., Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462, 464, 466-67 , 299 N.W.
  • Sellnow v. Fahey 233 N.W.2d 563 Minn. 1975
  • Sellnow v. Fahey 233 N.W.2d 563 Minn. 1975
    As we held in Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462, 467 , : “The fact that decedent was under no legal obligation to support her sisters was no reason for denying a recovery.
  • Floen v. Sund 96 N.W.2d 563 Minn. 1959
  • Floen v. Sund 96 N.W.2d 563 Minn. 1959
    13 The life expectancy was determined from the American Experience Mortality Table, and while the jury was not required to accept this figure merely because of the table (Tollefson v. Ehlers, 252 Minn. 370 , 90 N. W. [2d] 205; Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , ), certainly it was not required to totally disregard it.
  • Tollefson v. Ehlers 90 N.W.2d 205 Minn. 1958
  • Tollefson v. Ehlers 90 N.W.2d 205 Minn. 1958
    11 Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , .
  • Schroht v. Voll 71 N.W.2d 843 Minn. 1955
  • Schroht v. Voll 71 N.W.2d 843 Minn. 1955
    18 See, Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , .
  • Ahlstrom v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad 68 N.W.2d 873 Minn. 1955
  • Ahlstrom v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad 68 N.W.2d 873 Minn. 1955
    20 E.g., Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , .
  • Lewerenz v. E. W. Wylie Co. 51 N.W.2d 834 Minn. 1952
  • Lewerenz v. E. W. Wylie Co. 51 N.W.2d 834 Minn. 1952
    Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , .
  • Flemming v. Thorson 43 N.W.2d 225 Minn. 1950
  • Flemming v. Thorson 43 N.W.2d 225 Minn. 1950
    Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , ; Koenigs v. Thome, 226 Minn. 14 , 31 N. W. (2d) 534 .
  • Miller v. Monsen 37 N.W.2d 543 Minn. 1949
  • Miller v. Monsen 37 N.W.2d 543 Minn. 1949
    nder the wrongful-death act, recovery may be had for the beneficiaries of the action of loss of benefits such as expected support and pecuniary contributions for which there is no basis except that of reasonable expectancy that decedent would have continued to render them if he had continued to live (Gordon v. Pappas, 227 Minn. 95 , 34 N. W. [2d] 293 [adult child to parents]; Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , [adult sister to adult sisters] ; 16 Am.
  • Krueger v. City of Faribault 18 N.W.2d 777 Minn. 1945
  • Krueger v. City of Faribault 18 N.W.2d 777 Minn. 1945
    By analogy (and that is the only value of precedents in passing on the excessiveness of damages in cases of this kind — see, Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , ), the verdict here is not excessive.
  • Christenson v. Village of Hibbing 16 N.W.2d 881 Minn. 1944
  • Christenson v. Village of Hibbing 16 N.W.2d 881 Minn. 1944
    Co. 215 Minn. 171 , 9 N. W. (2d) 735 ; Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , .
  • Moeller v. St. Paul City Railway Co. 16 N.W.2d 289 Minn. 1944
  • Moeller v. St. Paul City Railway Co. 16 N.W.2d 289 Minn. 1944
    In Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 162, 165 , , we approved a verdict for $10,000 where decedent was 67 years old at the time of her death and had two sisters surviving her, 63 and 60 years of age.
  • Deach v. St. Paul City Railway Co. 9 N.W.2d 735 Minn. 1943
  • Deach v. St. Paul City Railway Co. 9 N.W.2d 735 Minn. 1943
    As this court stated in Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462, 465 , , 18: “Comparison of verdicts is not a satisfactory method for determining the reasonableness of an award in a particular case.
  • Rogers v. Cordingley 4 N.W.2d 627 Minn. 1942
  • Rogers v. Cordingley 4 N.W.2d 627 Minn. 1942
    Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , .
  • Gamble v. Smith 1 N.W.2d 411 Minn. 1941
  • Gamble v. Smith 1 N.W.2d 411 Minn. 1941
    * * * In addition to the decedent’s expectancy, each case involves a consideration of such variables as the decedent’s character, health, habits, talents, prospects, earnings, contributions to his dependents, and many others which affect the amount of recovery and concerning which there is permissible difference of opinion among juries.” Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462, 465 , .
  • Duff v. Bemidji Motor Service Co. 299 N.W. 196 Minn. 1941
  • Duff v. Bemidji Motor Service Co. 299 N.W. 196 Minn. 1941
    Cf. Hoppe v. Peterson, 196 Minn. 538 , ; Thoirs v. Pounsford, 210 Minn. 462 , .