Hodges v. Johnson

TITUS, Judge.

This appeal poses but two complaints: (1). the Greene County Circuit Court erred in permitting improper argument by plaintiffs’ counsel, and (2) the verdicts are excessive. Only eight months elapsed from the November 24, 1965, automobile accident until the jury awarded Wallis E. Hodges $10,000 and his wife, Beverly R. Hodges, $2,500 on her derivative action for the loss of her husband’s “society, consortium, companionship, love, affection and support.” Having profited nothing in the trial court by after-trial motions, defendant positioned her predicament here.

At the time of the…