Dawson v. Fowler

OLSZEWSKI, Judge:

Appellant, Thomas I. Dawson, appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial. Appellant maintains that the trial court erred in failing to grant a new trial when the jury’s verdict: (1) did not include consideration of appellant’s lost wages and pain suffered; and (2) represented a “compromise verdict.” For reasons discussed below, we affirm.

On May 4, 1985, appellee, Patricia Lynn Fowler, backed her vehicle from a private driveway onto both lanes of the Blue Mountain Parkway, Dauphin County, in an attempt to proceed south on the Parkway. Appellant, driving his *331motorcy…