Fatehi v. Johnson

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict in his favor in a negligence action that awarded him $10,000 in economic damages but did not award him any noneconomic damages. Plaintiff maintains that, on the basis of defendant’s response to his request for admissions, he was entitled to an award of noneconomic damages as a matter of law. Alternatively, plaintiff argues that a verdict for economic damages only is improper on the facts of this case. We affirm.

On March 22, 2002, defendant ran a stop sign and drove his vehicle into the taxicab that plaintiff was driving. Plaintiff did not…