AMF Bowling Centers, Inc. v. Dearman

This appeal arises from a personal injury case in which the trial court refused, on the basis of inadequacy of damages, to accept the original verdict rendered by the jury in favor of the plaintiff, and gave the jury a supplemental instruction. The jury then returned a verdict in the amount of the plaintiff's medical expenses.

Brenda Susan Dearman and Earnest Dearman sued AMF Bowling Centers, Inc., alleging negligence. Brenda Dearman sought compensatory damages for personal injuries she claimed to have sustained when she fell at the bowling alley on October 17, 1992. Earnest Dearman sought…