Knothe v. Belcher

KENNEDY, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff had a verdict and judgment against defendant for damages for personal injuries suffered in a boating accident, for $5,000. Plaintiff appeals on the ground that the verdict was inadequate in amount and on the ground of alleged misconduct of the defendant and of the jury in conversing during the trial.

We reverse and remand the cause for trial on the issue of damages only.

It is sufficient for the purposes of our case to say, with respect to the circumstances of the boating accident, that the plaintiff was riding as a passenger in defendant’s boat on the…