Freedmen's Hospital v. Heath

The trial court entered a judgment in the amount, of $50,000 for appellee in his suit against appellant for damages incurred allegedly as the result of the negligence of appellant’s employees in providing him post-operative care. 1 Prior to the entry of this judgment the jury had rendered a verdict for appellee in the amount of $150,000 but the trial judge concluded that the then-existing jurisdictional limitations upon civil actions in the Superior Court 2 required him to enter a judgment for $50,000. During the argument held on this jurisdictional issue he characterized the jury’s verdict…