Menasco v. Peyton

LEMMON, Judge.

In this appeal from a judgment awarding damages for injuries sustained by Paul Menasco, defendants question only the amount of general damages assessed. Plaintiffs answered, seeking an increase.

The eight-year-old boy was struck by defendants’ car while he was riding a bicycle on September 13, 1973. He sustained fractures of the tibia and fibula a few inches above the ankle joint, numerous bruises and contusions, and loosening of several teeth. He also experienced blockage of the ears.

After the leg fracture was reduced under anesthesia, the boy was confined to bed at home in a…