Vanderpool v. Rakes

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment awarding the appellee $8,392.30 for personal injuries and property damages sustained in a collision between the appellee’s automobile and the appellants’ truck. The appellants’ contentions are that the appellee should have been held contributorily negligent as a matter of law, and that the amount of $8,000 awarded by the jury for pain and suffering is excessive.

*164The collision occurred in a sharp curve, in late afternoon on a day in December, with part of the road being covered with snow. Each driver testified that the other was on the wrong…