Marshall v. Thomason

Brailsford, Justice.

This action for damages sustained by plaintiff in a highway collision resulted in a verdict against defendant for $1,750.00 actual damages and $5,000.00 punitive damages. The defendant’s motion for the direction of a verdict, and his alternative motions for judgment n. o. v., for a new trial or for a reduction of the verdict by an order nisi were overruled by Hon. Steve C. Griffith, presiding judge, and the defendant has appealed.

The sole exception to the refusal of the court to direct a verdict, or grant judgment n. o. v., is upon the ground that plaintiff was guilty of…