Wilson v. Whisnant

By JUDGE WILLIAM W. SWEENEY

The only issue is whether a jury award of $40,000 to the plaintiff, Ethel B. Wilson, should be allowed. Counsel have submitted authorities and supplied the Court with a copy of the trial transcript.

The plaintiff and her sixteen year old daughter were injured on December 5, 1977, in the City of Lynchburg, when the car which plaintiff was operating was struck head-on by the defendant’s car in plaintiff’s lane of travel. The liability of the defendant, Whisnant, was clear. Punitive damages were not sought.

On October 31, 1979, both cases were tried before a jury on an…