Letnes v. Davis

Defendant appealed from a judgment for $10,424.47 awarded to plaintiff for personal injuries received in an automobile collision.

The sole question presented is whether the verdict for $10,000 is excessive.

Plaintiff was injured on July 15, 1925, while riding on the back seat of a Maxwell car which collided with a Cadillac coupé driven by defendant in the opposite direction. When defendant swung his car to his left to pass a car his left front wheel jammed with the left front wheel of the Maxwell. The engine of the Maxwell was smashed back so that the transmission case was broken open; the left…