Turchi v. Shepherd

Carretón Harris, Chief Justice.

The sole question in this litigation is whether a judgment of $3,500, rendered for appellee against appellant, is excessive.

On September 27, 1957, appellee, Thomas Shepherd, was riding in the back seat of an automobile, which had stopped for a stop light in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Appellant, Prank Turchi, struck the rear of a car immediately behind the vehicle in which Shepherd was riding, knocking that car forward into the Shepherd vehicle. Suit was instituted by Shepherd for injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of this occurrence. A “whip-lash”…