Merrill v. Barton

Bussey, Justice.

In this action plaintiff-respondent recovered a verdict of $6,500.00, actual damages, for personal inj'uries and property damage sustained on June 27, 1962, when his automobile was struck from the rear by a truck driven by the defendant-appellant Caul, on a street in the City of Spartan-burg. Evidence adduced on behalf of the plaintiff was to the effect that he sustained a rather severe whiplash injury to his cervical spine, involving the rupture of one or more cervical disks. He' was under the professional care of Dr. Joseph Hodge for his whiplash injury from shortly after…