Stafford v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
McNULTY, JOSEPH P., Associate Judge.
Plaintiff in a personal injury action brings a timely appeal from a final judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in his favor assessing damages at Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars. He contends that errors in the trial resulted in grossly inadequate damages. Defendant-appellee has not cross-appealed.
Plaintiff allegedly sustained a herniation of two cervical discs, resulting in pain and suffering, and twenty-five percent (25%) permanent partial disability with consequential pecuniary losses, past, present and future.
Four points are raised on appeal, the…
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