Vaccaro v. Caple

This case might well be called the “Case of the Resurrected Jurors.” The appellant Josephine Vaccaro, infant, was a passenger in an automobile which was involved in a collision with a vehicle operated by Lexly W. Caple, appellee. Suit was filed by appellant and her parents, a jury trial was held in the Circuit Court for Carroll County (Weant, J., presiding), and at the conclusion of all the evidence, verdicts were returned in favor of the appellants. Considering the awards to be grossly inadequate, appellants filed within the time allowed a motion for a new trial, alleging that their right to…