Malstrom v. Kalland

Defendant presents two issues on this appeal —the claimed excessiveness of: (a) $3,600 special damages;1 and (b) $50,000 general damages.

The issue of liability is not before us. We need not, therefore, expand upon the occasion giving rise to plain*733tiff’s cause of action, except to identify that it springs from an automobile accident.

Depending upon which theory is accepted, plaintiff, 22 years of age, with a life expectancy of 48.55 years, suffered “an injury to her right foot” or a “crushed scaphoid” resulting in a “deformed condition of plaintiff’s foot at time of trial.”

The trial court…