Legal Opinion
Brennan v. Jones
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 8, 1962No. 2849PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
Appellants brought suit against appellee for .personal injuries sustained by appellant Sara Brennan (then a minor) while riding as a passenger in an automobile that was struck in the rear by appellee’s vehicle. Dissatisfied with the amount of the jury’s award they appeal.
There is not now nor was there in the trial court any question of appellee’s liability, so that the sole contested issue concerns the amount of recoverable damages. Appellants’ evidence addressed to this subject was leiigthy, 'five witnesses testifying to the various éffécts of the accident on the…
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