Peters v. Shortt

The plaintiff, Margie S. Shortt, Administratrix of the estate of Roger Ward Shortt, deceased, recovered a judgment in the trial court for $38,000 against Danny Dale Peters (defendant or Peters) for the wrongful death of Roger Ward Shortt (Shortt). The jury, by its verdict, apportioned these damages as $500 for funeral expenses, $12,-500 for solace to Shortt’s widow, Brenda Shortt, and $25,000 for the financial or pecuniary loss suffered by the widow.

Upon appeal the defendant argues that the verdict should be set aside on four grounds. He says that the trial court erred in: (1) holding, as a…