Brown v. Kaminski

Peterson, Justice.

The only issue for decision is whether an award to plaintiff of $4,500 for personal injuries suffered in an automobile accident on November 7, 1963, is excessive and not justified by the evidence. The trial court directed a verdict on liability and, after a jury verdict on damages, denied defendant’s alternative motion for a new trial or for a reduction of damages.

The evidence favorable to the verdict is succinctly stated in Judge Charles W. Kennedy’s order, which we use verbatim with some abbreviation: Plaintiff was 19 years of age at the time of the accident. Her head was…