Jessup v. Hansen

Shaw, Judge:

This is an appeal from a circuit court ruling granting respondents Mary E. Jessup and Barbara Jean McNeil a new trial against appellant Carol Ann Hansen based on insufficiency of a damages award by a jury. We affirm.

This case arose when the vehicle operated by Hansen struck the rear of the vehicle operated by McNeil in which Jessup was a passenger. Hansen admitted fault but denied causing any personal injury to McNeil and Jessup.

The cases were tried jointly and a jury returned a verdict of $900.00 for McNeil and $1,700.00 for Jessup.

At the end of Hansen’s case, both McNeil and…