Harris v. Zee

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

In this personal injury action the jury favored the plaintiff with its verdict for $10,000 compensatory damages. Her special damages were in the sum of $529.50 and the balance of *311the award was for pain and suffering. The district court, believing that the award was excessive, granted the defendant’s motion for a new trial unless the plaintiff would accept a remittitur of $7,500. This, the plaintiff refused to do, choosing instead, to challenge the propriety of the court’s order by this appeal.

The plaintiff, a domestic worker, was eating a dinner of string…