Moses v. Kirtley

Lyle Brown, Justice.

As a result of a traffic mishap between cars driven by the parties to this litigation appellee was awarded judgment for $8000. The sole issue raised on appeal is the excessiveness of the verdict.

On October 7, 1972, appellee was driving his small bus from a rural community store to his home. Appellant, approaching from the rear, struck appellee’s bus with considerable force. Appellant’s car left the road, went through a fence, and knocked down a small cedar tree. Appellee’s bus seat was mounted on a base and the impact knocked the seat backward some six inches. Appellee…