Matthews ex rel. Bralley v. Lineberry

ERWIN, Judge.

The plaintiff’s evidence presented at the trial tends to show that the minor plaintiff was attending school on the date of the accident, 7 September 1974, and was not able to go back to school for approximately 13 days after the accident, because she could not walk and stayed home in bed. The plaintiff was not able to participate in any physical education classes. “I couldn’t do some of the activities.” The plaintiff had pain in her knee, dropped her physical education classes for the year, and repeated them the following school year.

In part, the trial court instructed the jury…