Tucker v. Yandow

This is a tort action based on an accident that resulted in such injuries to the plaintiff, a child about three years and eight months old, that amputation of her left leg was necessitated. The case was first tried by jury at the March Term, 1925, of the Chittenden county court. That trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $2,000. This verdict, on the plaintiff’s motion, was set aside as to damages, and a retrial was ordered on that issue. This motion was contested by the defendants, who insisted that if any part of the verdict was to be set aside, it should all be set aside and a…