Simmons Ex Rel. Simmons v. Jones

STONE, Judge.

In this jury-tried action for damages-.on account of personal injuries alleged to-have been sustained in a rear-end vehicular collision, plaintiff, Ray Simmons, obtained a verdict for compensatory damages of $5,-000 and for punitive damages of $1,000; and, from the judgment entered thereon, defendant, Leonard L. Jones, appeals. It should be recorded preliminarily that counsel, who had conducted the trial on defendant’s behalf and had prepared his appellate brief, withdrew from the case without explanation four days before the date set for argument and submission in this court.…