Shivers v. Riney

In this personal injury action, defendant1 appeals from a judgment entered on a verdict for plaintiff. We affirm.

Plaintiff injured his right hand while repairing defendant’s combine. The injury occurred when defendant engaged the combine’s separator (the part which threshes the wheat), causing plaintiffs hand to be rotated through the pulley mechanism he was repairing.

Plaintiffs complaint, amended to conform to the evidence, alleged, inter alia, that as a result of the injury, he had sustained a loss of earning capacity in the sum of $10,700, and would sustain a loss of future earning…