Baker v. Davis

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Ethel Baker obtained a judgment for $2,000 for personal injuries and medical expenses resulting from a motor-vehicle accident, and she appeals asserting that the verdict is so patently inadequate as to entitle her to a new trial. The appellees, of course, contend to the contrary but urge that they were entitled to a directed verdict anyway, so the issue of inadequate damages is moot.

The collision occurred as appellant was undertaking to pass a tractor-trailer proceeding in the same direction she was traveling. The evidence for appellant was that signals for a right-hand…