Bailey v. Allberry

Brogan, Judge.

Lonnie Bailey appeals from the jury verdict awarding him $25,500 for personal injuries received in a car accident and from the judgment of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas overruling his motion for additur or a new trial.

The facts of this case are as follows. On November 12, 1988, Lonnie Bailey was the passenger in a vehicle driven by David C. Brackett. Bailey and Brackett were returning home from Broadway Sand and Gravel where they both worked in heavy construction.

On that day, it was overcast and the roads were damp from previous rainfall. While driving down a hill…