Underwood v. Brockmeyer

COIL, Commissioner.

Respondent, plaintiff below, claimed $20,-000 as damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of a collision between his and appellant’s automobiles. (We shall hereinafter refer to> the parties as they were designated in the trial court.) Plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $1,250. The trial court sustained plaintiff’s motion for new trial on the specified ground that the verdict of the jury was “inadequate and against the weight of the evidence,” and ordered a new trial on the issue of damages only. Defendant has appealed from that order, and here contends that…