Eckdahl v. Lease-A-Plane International Licensing Corp.

In this personal injury action, a jury awarded plaintiff, Debbie Tomaskovic Eckdahl, *46,800 in damages for injuries she sustained in an automobile chain collision. Finding this award inadequate, plaintiff filed a post-trial motion seeking a new trial on the issue of damages only. The trial court denied the motion.

Plaintiff appeals contending (1) the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence, (2) was so inadequate as to constitute a compromise verdict, and (3) a new trial on the issue of damages only should have been granted.

The accident occurred on June 26,1971, on the Kennedy…