Burleigh v. Ploegstra

The question in this case is whether the trial court erred in not setting aside a verdict as inadequate. Plaintiff’s exceptions were reserved and transferred by Flynn, J.

The case arose out of an accident which occurred on August 2, 1968. The plaintiff was a guest passenger on the front seat of a vehicle being operated by the defendant who in the process of backing out of a parking space came in contact with a concrete planter in the parking lot.

The defendant testified that the contact was so slight that it did not cause even a scratch on her rear bumper but plaintiff said that she felt…