Lucas v. Davis

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The appellee obtained judgment against the appellants in the sum of $30,851.10 based upon personal injuries she received in an automobile-truck accident on February 10, 1963. There have been two jury trials of the action; at the first one the trial judge directed a verdict in favor of appellee, and submitted the issue of damages to the jury. The first jury rendered its verdict for ap-pellee for $30,787.50, but the trial judge set that verdict aside as excessive. It was at the second trial, wherein only the issue of damages was submitted to the jury, that the verdict and…