Lavoie v. Blake

The issues briefed and argued before us are whether the Court erred (1) in setting aside the verdict as inadequate, and (2) in granting a new trial limited to damages. The essential facts, as stated in the briefs of both parties, appear to be substantially in accord. The plaintiff, twenty-four-year-old Jacqueline Lavoie, on the day in question was a passenger in the front seat of an automobile driven by her husband, traveling easterly on Route 9 in Keene. As they entered an intersection, they collided with a car operated by the defendant. The plaintiff broke a bone in her left foot and bumped…