Bates v. Bailey

By Judge Randall G. Johnson

The issue in this personal injury case is whether a jury verdict in the amount of $7,000, which is $480.18 more than plaintiffs special damages, is inadequate as a matter of law. Plaintiff asserts that it is and moves for a new trial. Defendant opposes the motion.

The case arises from an automobile accident that occurred on December 10, 1996, at the intersection of Brookland Park Boulevard and Seminary Avenue in Richmond. Plaintiff, who was then nine years old, was sitting on his mother’s lap in the front passenger seat of a pick-up truck being driven by his father…