McCombs v. West End Baptist Hospital

GOODWYN, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the circuit court of Jefferson County granting defendant’s motion for a new trial in a personal injury action.

A jury verdict was returned in favor of plaintiff. One of the grounds of defendant’s motion for new trial was that the verdict was excessive. It was on this ground that the trial court granted the motion, after plaintiff’s refusal to agree to a remittitur which the trial court stated as a condition to denial of the motion.

The sole question presented for our consideration is whether the granting of the motion for…