Rentz v. Collins

1. Since the amount of damages for pain and suffering is determinable by the enlightened consciences of impartial jurors, it can not be said as a matter of law that a verdict of $1500 was excessive or the result of bias and prejudice, where there was evidence to authorize the inference that the plaintiff’s injuries consisted of bruises upon her body, causing her to suffer great pain, as a result of which she was confined to her. home for about six weeks, and it was necessary for her to be waited on and lifted into and out of the bed, and causing her to lose the use of her arm, so that she…