Payne v. Alvarez

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellants were defendants in an action for damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by plaintiff arising out of a motor vehicle collision. From an adverse judgment, defendants have appealed.

In his closing argument to the jury, plaintiff’s counsel placed on a blackboard a mathematical formula which he suggested that the jury use in computing the money value of the past, present and future pain and suffering of plaintiff. Defendants objected to the use of such mathematical formula on the ground that it contained figures not adduced in evidence and therefore invaded…