Masdeu v. Quintero

This is an appeal by the plaintiff Pablo Masdeu from an adverse final judgment entered following a jury verdict in a negligence action arising out of an automobile accident. The jury, in a special interrogatory verdict, found for the plaintiff on the issues of liability and comparative negligence, found that the plaintiff had sustained no permanent injury, and assessed the plaintiff’s total damages at $11,500. The trial court, however, declined to enter a judgment for the plaintiff in the above amount on the theory that the evidence adduced at trial did not support such an award, and instead…