Messing v. Judge & Dolph Drug Co.

Suit for the recovery of damages for personal injuries claimed to have been suffered by plaintiff on July 6, 1923, while in defendant's employ. On the trial by jury, plaintiff was awarded damages in the sum of $25,000 by a unanimous verdict of the jury, which amount of damages was reduced by the trial court, by forcedremittitur, to $18,000, and a judgment was entered in the latter amount in favor of plaintiff and against defendant. After proper preliminary procedural steps had been taken by defendant, the trial court allowed defendant an appeal to this court from the judgment so entered.

The…