Zafiropoulos v. Papadopoulou

BRADLEY, J.,

Defendants appealed the order of this court allowing plaintiff a new trial. The matter had been tried by judge and jury by the Honorable Edward Lawhorne and resulted in a verdict *619in favor of plaintiff. It is the form and substance of the jury decision that compelled the new trial order.

Plaintiff was a passenger in a car driven by defendant Elena Papadopoulou, owned by her father, also a defendant, and alleged injuries when the vehicle left Route 1-95 and struck a guard rail. Plaintiff alleged medical and dental injuries; the latter, alleging a temporomandibular joint injury, was…