May v. City of Grosse Pointe Park

This appeal arises from a July 17, 1979, jury verdict of $1,145,000 awarded to plaintiff in a wrongful death action. Defendant Grosse Pointe Park appeals as of right from the denial of its motion for new trial or remittitur.

The decedent, a 13-year-old boy, was struck and killed on July 16, 1975, by a Grosse Pointe Park city garbage truck. The trial judge instructed the jury that decedent’s two parents and three siblings were the next of kin who could recover damages if defendants were found liable. Both trial counsel expressly stated their satisfaction with those instructions.

On appeal,…