Matheny v. West Shore Country Club

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

On February 12, 1990, Vladimir Pene drove the station wagon he was operating for the West Shore Country Club into the rear of Doris Matheny’s Dodge 600 sedan. Math-eny and her pregnant daughter Joan Murray were sitting at a stop sign when Pene rear-ended them; they were both wearing their seat belts. Defendants admitted liability, so Matheny, her husband Edwin, and Murray brought this suit in June of 1991 on the sole issue of damages. A jury awarded Matheny $4,500 for her past and future medical expenses and $1,250 for general damages (including pain and suffering); they…