Dinvaut v. Phoenix of Hartford Insurance

DIXON, Justice.

In this suit for personal injuries application was made by plaintiff to review an award for damages, claimed to be inadequate.

The particular subject of the application is the award of $3,500.00 for the “post-accident mental condition” of the plaintiff; the total award by the trial judge was $14,689.88, plus interest and costs. Defendants do not argue that the mental condition of the plaintiff was not real, actual, disabling and, initially, caused by the accident; rather, defendants contend that the *295conclusion of the trial court, affirmed by the Court of Appeal (Dinvaut v.…