Wade v. Bonner

Thomas O. Bonner, Jr. and Thomas O. Bonner, Sr. filed separate suits in the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jasper County, Honorable L.D. Pittman, presiding, against Sanderson Farms, Inc. and Frank Wade, seeking damages for personal injuries and property resulting from an automobile collision. The cases were consolidated for trial and the jury returned a verdict in the sum of $650,000 in favor of Thomas O. Bonner, Sr., being the full amount sued for, and $2000 in favor of Thomas O. Bonner, Jr. The lower court ordered a remittitur of $400,000 in the Thomas O. Bonner, Sr. case,…