Hickey v. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Co.

Simmons,-C. J.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment in the sum of $12,000 against the defendant for personal injuries received in an accident. Defendant appeals and presents two propositions: First, the trial court erred in not submitting the question of defendant’s negligence to the jury; second, the verdict was excessive and the result of passion and prejudice.

Plaintiff, an unmarried woman, was born in 1894. At the time of the accident and for many years prior thereto she was an employee of the Union Pacific Railroad in a clerical position. Her work required considerable use of her right hand in…