# Olson v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · July 31, 1942 · 213 Minn. 106

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3507458

## Case

- **Full name:** George D. Olson v. Duluth, Missabe Iron Range Railway Company. [Fn1]
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** July 31, 1942
- **Citations:** 213 Minn. 106; 5 N.W.2d 492; 1942 Minn. LEXIS 490
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Gallagher
- **Judges:** Olson, Peterson, Gallagher
- **Cited by:** 33 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the standard of conduct required in a negligence action is an objective standard, which is not the conduct of the individual but that of an ordinarily prudent person

## Opinion text

Gallagher, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I concur in the dissent of Mr. Justice Peterson.

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