Garvit v. Krebs

These two cases, which were consolidated for trial, arise out of an intersection collision at the junction of Cemetery and Sergeant roads in Handy township, Livingston county. In the first case, plaintiff Jean Garvit, a 36-year-old farm housewife, Avho lives 300 or 400 north of the intersection, sought damages for the injuries she sustained and obtained a verdict at the hands of the jury in the sum of $10,000. A remittitur Avas ordered of $2,500, and the judgment entered Avas $7,500. In the second case, Richard Garvit, the husband of' plaintiff in the first case, obtained a verdict in the sum…