Grenier v. Royal Cab, Inc.

In this civil action for personal injury and property damage the jury returned a verdict of $450 for damage to the plaintiff’s automobile and $115 in lost wages but failed to include any amount for pain and suffering. The trial justice denied the defendant’s motion for a new trial but granted the plaintiff’s motion for one, limited to the issue of damages, unless the defendant consented to an additur of $1,500. The defendant appealed without success and we remanded the case for a new trial on the issue of damages only unless the defendant assented to an additur. Grenier v. Royal Cab, Inc.,…