McElrath v. Fall
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Mills, J., entered June 7, 1919, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action in tort.
1Per curiam
Respondent recovered a verdict for $5,134.25, as ’ compensation for personal injuries received by her when she was struck by an automobile owned by appellant. On motion for a new trial, the court reduced this verdict to $3,000, giving the respondent the alternative of remitting to that amount or submitting to a new trial. Respondent filed the remission.
The appellant’s only point upon this appeal is that the verdict as it now stands is still excessive, being arrived at through passion and prejudice: An examination of the record does not justify this court in inter*439fering with the verdict as…
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