Gilbreath v. Perkins

CLAY, Commissioner.

Appellee recovered $50,000 for personal injuries arising out of an automobile accident. On this appeal no issue of liability is raised, and the principal questions presented relate to medical and other evidence and the alleged excessiveness of the damages. We find reversible error in the admission of evidence on the issue of damages, and, except for a related question, we do not pass upon others raised.

The appellee was 62 years of age. He was sent to the hospital immediately after the accident and his principal injury was a fracture of the cervical spine at the seventh…