Lucas v. SARA LEE CORPORATION

Cureton, Judge:

This is a negligence case arising out of an automobile accident. Charletta Lucas was driving her vehicle in March of 1988 when she was struck from the rear by a vehicle driven by an agent of the defendant, Sara Lee Corporation. The jury returned a verdict in Lucas’s favor in the amount of $400,000 actual damages. Sara Lee appeals contending the trial court erred in failing to grant its motion for a new trial based upon certain evidentiary rulings and the excessiveness of the verdict. We affirm.

I

The first evidentiary rulings concern the testimony of two physicians. The trial…