Platt v. Gould

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

Appellee filed an action for damages alleging that Karen Platt negligently caused the vehicle she was driving to collide with a vehicle being driven by appel-lee. Charles R. Platt was named as a defendant under the family purpose doctrine. The case, tried to a jury, resulted in a plaintiff’s verdict in the sum of $69,000. Upon denial of the defendants’ motion for a new trial, or in the alternative, for a re-mittitur, this appeal ensued.

On September 19, 1972, Ms. Platt was driving a 1969 Mustang. The weather was clear but puddles were in the streets from recent rains.…