Downs v. Ackerman

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On September 7, 2007, Honda Downs and Dr. Peter L. Ackerman were involved in a car accident when Acker-man’s Lexus automobile struck the rear of Downs’s Oldsmobile automobile. Downs suffered injuries as a result of the accident, and she later filed suit against Ack-erman for damages arising out of the accident.1 Ackerman admitted liability for the accident several times throughout the course of the trial. The jury awarded Downs $20,000 in damages, which were less than the medical bills she presented *812into evidence as reasonable and necessary medical expenses.…