Butler v. Progressive Transportation Co.

This is an appeal from an order granting the defendant’s motion for a new trial and from an order denying plaintiff’s motion to vacate the order granting the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

In a jury trial the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendant for the sum of $77,500 because of certain personal injuries allegedly brought about by the defendant’s negligence. The court granted a motion for a new trial. There is some confusion in the record as to what the grounds were upon which the motion was granted, however it is certain that one of the grounds was the…