Williams v. Bull

By Judge Lydia Calvert Taylor

The above-referenced case was tried to a jury on May 22 and 23,1997; on the second day the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $650.00. Plaintiff then moved to set aside the verdict as inadequate and award a new trial or put the defendant to terms to accept additur of an additional amount or submit to a new trial. For reasons stated in this opinion, infra, the court denies plaintiff s motion and has, this day, entered judgment on the jury verdict.

Facts

The facts as they developed at trial were that plaintiff, Theresa Williams, claimed to have suffered…