Legal Opinion
Newman v. Coakley
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 11, 1972No. 6051PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Associate Judge:
This appeal challenges an order reducing a jury verdict of $14,000 to $10,000 on the ground that the amount of damages awarded by the jury exceeded the statutory limit of $10,000 applicable to actions begun in the Court of General Sessions, where appellant on May 14, 1967 had filed a negligence suit to recover damages for personal injuries incurred in an automobile accident.
The case did not come to trial until March 10, 1971. At this time the matter was heard in the Superior Court — the statutory successor to the Court of General Sessions. On the eve of trial,…
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