Weber Electric Company v. Tuminelly, Inc.
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2 later published cases cite this decision.
- Schweich v. Ziegler, Inc. (Minn. 1990)
- Peterson v. Steinmaus (Minn. Ct. App. 1986)
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Opinion
This is an appeal by a third-party defendant, Dorso Trailer Sales, Inc., from an order denying it a new trial. The only issue is whether it was *489 error not to grant appellant a jury trial. We hold that it was and reverse.
It is undisputed that both a jury trial and a court trial were designated in various notes of issue. Although the respondent third-party plaintiff supports appellant’s contention that appellant had specifically asked the court for a jury trial, the court had no recollection of the motion and the record was silent on the subject.
Rule 38.01, Rules of Civil Procedure, entitled the parties to a jury trial unless the right was waived under Rule 38.02. The latter provision specifies the manner of waiver as follows:
“In actions arising on contract, and by permission of the court in other actions, any party thereto may waive a jury trial in the manner following:
(1) By failing to appear at the trial;
(2) By written consent, by the party or his attorney, filed with the clerk;
(3) By oral consent in open court, entered in the minutes.”
Under the circumstances, we conclude that the appellant has not consented to waive a jury and should have been granted a new trial.
Reversed.
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