Smith v. Brown

The determinative issue in this suit for personal injuries was whether the complainant suffered the claimed damages in this particular vehicular accident or whether such injuries predated this occurrence.

The jury returned a zero verdict, thereby choosing to find no damages were proven to have been caused by this accident, liability having been admitted.

At trial the complainant was repeatedly impeached as concerns her injuries and how and when they occurred. It was manifest that she lied to the jury and to the medical experts that testified for her. Regardless, the trial judge granted a new…