Palmer v. Palmer

The defendant husband, Frank W. Palmer, appeals from the trial court’s order of compensatory damages to the plaintiff wife, Mary Jane Palmer. We affirm.

The wife sought damages for her injuries resulting from the husband’s allegedly intentional collision with a bridge abutment and/or his allegedly beating her after the collision. The events underlying this case occurred before dissolution of the parties’ marriage. The husband was driving when their car collided with a bridge abutment. The passenger wife apparently suffered a broken neck and other injuries.

On remand following an interlocutory…