JC Penney Company v. Brown

We will refer to the parties as they appeared in the trial court where plaintiffs in error were defendants and defendant in error was plaintiff. The action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff in an automobile accident which occurred June 1, 1960.

The case came on for trial March 26, 1962, at which time counsel for defendants, before a jury was impanelled, admitted liability and the cause proceeded to trial to a jury for the determination of the amount of damages sustained by plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the…