Walker v. Mason

The three appeals addressed in this opinion involve the proper application of principles for determining whether a jury verdict is inadequate as a matter of law. The trial court in each of these cases set aside the jury verdict relying on the principle enunciated in Bowers v. Sprouse, 254 Va. 428, 492 S.E.2d 637 (1997).

In Bowers, the jury returned a verdict in the exact amount of the special damages introduced by the plaintiff. The Court in Bow ers reversed the trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict, stating that “a jury award in a personal injury action which…