Walker Et Ux. v. Perkins

Per Curiam,

David Martin Walker, a child aged six years, seven months and nine days, was on April 19, 1934, struck and instantly killed by an automobile operated by appellant. The boy’s parents sued for damages resulting from the death and recovered a verdict in the amount of $5,317.50. The case is before us solely on the question of whether or not the verdict was excessive.

In considering the amount of verdicts in negligence cases our general rule is that we will not disturb a jury’s award unless the figure is “so grossly excessive as to shock our sense of justice”: Linhoss v. Hodgson, 310 Pa.…