Easterly v. American Institute of Steel Construction

This case comes, to the writer on reassignment. Eleven of the jurors returned a verdict for plaintiff-respondent against both defendants-appellants in the sum of $35,000, damages-for personal injuries sustained in a collision between their respective automobiles. The trial court enforced a remittitur of $10,000 and entered judgment for $25,000, this judgment postdating the verdict nearly fourteen months and thus discounting the interest thereon over $1600. Both appellants assign error in respondent’s Instruction No. 1, and complain that the judgment is still excessive. Appellant Dodd was an…