Martin v. Schiska

Defendant appeals from the order denying judgments notwithstanding the verdicts or new trials. Two actions, brought against defendant for damages sustained by the plaintiffs when an automobile owned by defendant and operated by her alleged, agent or servant upset because of the latter’s negligence, Avere tried together and separate verdicts rendered, the one for $8,000 in favor of the plaintiff Pearl Martin, whose left hand was so cut at the wrist as permanently to destroy its use, and the other for $4,000 in favor of the other plaintiff, her husband, for the consequential damages* to him…