Rogers v. Winch
Supreme Court of Iowa
'Appeal from Monona District Court. Action for damages on account of an alleged assault and battery by defendant on plaintiff. There was a verdict for plaintiff, which was set aside by the district court, and the appeal is from that order.
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
The verdict awarded plaintiff $2,000 as compensatory damages, and $3,000 as exemplary damages. The district court set the verdict aside, and granted a new trial, on the ground that the damages were excessive, and appeared *169to have been given under the influence of passion and prejudice. It has often been held by this court that, when the trial judge has determined that the fair administration of the law demands that a new trial should be granted for any cause which the law recognizes as ground for a new trial, we will interfere with his action only when it is clearly shown that he has abused…
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