Greinke v. Yellow Cab Company

This suit for negligence was tried to the court. Plaintiff had judgment for an allegedly inadequate amount. No question of liability is raised on appeal. Coming to the question of damages Judge Beers ruled:

“The question of what damages should be allowed is a much more difficult question.

“On the pretrial conference claim was made for medical expenses for dental work which'it appears on the trial was not caused by the accident at all and was a false claim, which reduces the claimed medical expenses from $591 to $256. The presenting of this false claim affects considerably the weight to be given…