Ponselle v. Armstrong

TATE, Judge.

In the companion appeal rendered this, date, Peterson v. Armstrong, 176 So.2d 453, all issues of this appeal have been decided except the plaintiff’s prayer for an increase in the award, and the defendants’ request for a reduction therein.

The plaintiff was awarded $750 general damages, plus $172.50 special damages for her medical expenses. She received- a *465severe contusion of the forehead and certain painful knee and ankle abrasions, from which she recovered in two to three months with no residual disability. According to her testimony, there was a small residual scar on the shin,…