Brooks v. Fairman

To borrow an expression from the jargon of the negligence specialists the appellee (Fairman) was “rear-ended” by the appellant (Brooks). Brooks complains that the verdict of the jury, $10,000, was unduly inflated by the admission of a doctor’s bill not shown to be either necessary or reasonable. He has other complaints but since they appear to be little more than make-weights we shall touch upon them but briefly.

At 10:15 p.m. on 29 September 1964 rain was falling and Fairman, at the wheel of a taxicab owned by Burger, whose administrator is the other appellee, was driving south on Wisconsin…