West v. Continental Oil Co.

In our original opinion, this court (over the dissent of two of its members) fixed an award of general damages at only $70,000 (including minimal loss of income), and awarded future medical expenses of $16,900. On application for rehearing, Miss West, plaintiff-appellee, called to our attention that the stipulated past medical expenses of $5,975.04 had apparently through inadvertence been omitted from the award.

Instead of granting a rehearing to consider this claim, the majority now denies the application with the explanation that it had intended that this figure of nearly $6,000 be…