Fabrizio v. Smith

The plaintiff’s decedent, just under twenty-one years of age, died as the result of an automobile accident which the defendants admitted was caused by the negligence of the named defendant, who was operating a family car owned by his wife, a codefendant. A jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $25,000. The trial court denied the plaintiff’s motions for additur and to set aside the verdict as inadequate and the plaintiff appealed from the judgment, assigning error in the denial of his motions, in a portion of the charge and in the refusal of the court to charge in…