Stringfellow v. Rambo

COLEMAN, Justice.

Defendants appeal from a judgment for plaintiff in action for personal injury sustained by plaintiff when one of defendants drove a truck into the rear of an automobile plaintiff was driving. At time of collision, plaintiff’s vehicle was in a line of cars stopped at a traffic light.

The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $17,000.00 and judgment was entered accordingly.

Defendants argue that the court erred in overruling the grounds of their motion for new trial which assert that the verdict is excessive.

There is no yardstick by which compensatory damages for pain and…