Bouthiette v. Wiggin

The plaintiff, Rene Bouthiette, appeals from the denial by the Superior Court {Bean, J.) of his motion to set aside a jury verdict in the amount of $42,500 in an action for wrongful death under RSA 556:12. The plaintiff brought the action as administrator of the estate of his fifteen-year-old daughter, Teresa, against Steven Wiggin, the driver of the automobile in which Teresa was riding as a passenger when she died on July 11,1976.

On this appeal, the plaintiff maintains (1) that the amount of the verdict is grossly inadequate as a matter of law, and (2) that the trial was rendered unfair by…