Giblin v. Lincoln Park Amusement Co.

Exceptions overruled. This action of tort was brought in the Superior Court by the plaintiff by her next friend to recover compensation for personal injuries. There was evidence that the plaintiff sustained such injuries when she was six years old. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $5,000. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial on the ground that the “damages awarded are excessive” and to “prevent a miscarriage of justice.” The judge, after hearing, denied the motion. He made no specific ruling of law and no such ruling was requested. The defendant excepted to the denial of…