Spearman Distributing Co. v. Boyette

This is an appeal by the defendant below from an order granting a new trial in a negligence action.

The jury rendered a verdict for the appel-lee in the amount of $1,800, and he filed his motion for a new trial asserting that said verdict was so grossly inadequate as to shock the judicial conscience of the court and further that said verdict was not sufficient to cover plaintiff’s pecuniary losses. The court granted the motion upon a finding that the verdict of the jury “ * * * is so inadequate that it shocks the judicial conscience of the Court and further finds that the Jury did not follow…