Stein v. Handy

This is an appeal by the defendant, Ruby Handy, from an order of the circuit court which, upon the court’s own motion set aside a judgment and granted a new trial. The vacated judgment gave effect to a verdict which the jury returned in favor of the plaintiff, Dorothy Stein, in the sums of $1.00, general damages, and $399.55, special damages.

The action which the plaintiff, Dorothy Stein, instituted was to recover damages for personal injuries that she sustained when an automobile in which she was riding, and which was operated by her husband, collided with a car driven by the defendant.

The…