Palmer v. Security Trust Co.

In an automobile accident plaintiff received severe and permanent injuries. Finding the accident was occasioned by negligence of an employee cf the White Star Motor Bus Company, a jury awarded plaintiff $74,000 damages against that company and its receivers. Defendants review by writ of error, claiming, among other grounds, that the verdict is excessive. We think the point well taken, and, as other errors alleged are not likely to arise on another trial, we will confine our discussion to the subject mentioned.

At the time of the accident plaintiff was 38 years of age, his earning power had…