Kawneer Manufacturing Co. v. Kalter
Indiana Supreme Court
From St. Joseph Superior Court; George Ford, Judge. Action by William Kalter against the Kawneer Manufacturing Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1914, Acts 1901 p. 590).
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
— Appellant prosecutes this appeal'from a judgment rendered against it'for damages recovered by appellee on account of its alleged negligence in constructing a scaffold upon which appellee was working at the time of the accident. The overruling of appel*101lant’s motion for a new trial is the only error assigned and not waived.
1. We shall consider the questions in the order presented by appellant. (1) Were the damages excessive? This court has repeatedly ruled that the claim of excessive damages cannot be sustained unless the amount is so large that it cannot be explained on any reasonable…
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