Nelson v. Placanica

This is an action for personal injuries arising out of an accident on September 6, 1946, when the defendant Zora Placanica drove her car into five-year-old William Nelson on 17th avenue south in the city of Seattle at about 11:45 a. m. on a clear day.

The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in the sum of $27,603.10. The defendants made a motion for a new trial. The court denied it. They appeal and make the denial their sole assignment of error. They contend that the jury was biased and guilty of misconduct; that the verdict itself shows passion and prejudice; and that newly discovered…