Roseme v. Tolbert

The plaintiff incurred medical expenses for chiropractic treatment following a motor vehicle accident with the defendant. A jury found that the defendant’s negligence was the sole proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries, and awarded damages to the plaintiff in the exact amount of his medical bills; namely, $2,400.00. The plaintiff filed a motion for an additur or a new trial on the grounds that the jury’s limitation of its award to the dollar amount of his special damages indicated that the jury did not allow any compensation for his pain and suffering, and that the failure to award such…