Miller v. Benjamin Coal Co.

WIEAND, Judge:

This is an action which was commenced by Jackson Miller, plaintiff, against Benjamin Coal Company, defendant, to recover damages caused to a truck when defendant’s loader backed into it. The case was initially referred to compulsory arbitration, which resulted in an award for plaintiff in the amount of $8,798.50. The defendant appealed, and a trial de *318novo was held before the Honorable John K. Reilly, Jr. The jury which heard the case found that plaintiffs damages were in the amount of $8,798.50, but that plaintiff had been guilty of causal negligence to the extent of thirty…