Hazelwood v. Hodge

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Bobbie Jean Hodge, a 19 year old married woman with two children, was injured when the automobile in which she was riding was struck by a taxicab. In her action for damages against the taxicab company and its driver the jury’s verdict awarded $21,683.70. The defendants have appealed from the judgment entered upon the verdict. The asserted grounds of error are that incompetent evidence was received, one of the instructions was erroneous, and the damages are excessive.

The accident occurred in October 1957. Mrs. Hodge sustained no broken bones and the apparent injuries were…