Tubbs v. Allstate Insurance Co.

HOOD, Judge.

Plaintiff, Harry C. Tubbs, instituted this suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by him as the result of an automobile collision. The defendant is Allstate Insurance Company. Judgment was rendered by the trial court in favor of plaintiff, awarding him $7,000.00 as general damages and $1,196.50 as special damages. Defendant has appealed.

The defendant admits liability and plaintiff has not answered the appeal. The sole issue presented here, therefore, is whether the amount awarded to plaintiff as damages is excessive.

The accident occurred on September 5, 1968, on a city…