Beal v. Braunecker

Sognier, Judge.

Harvey Beal brought suit against Peter Braunecker seeking $6,200 in actual damages, as well as sums for pain and suffering and exemplary damages, for injuries Beal incurred in an automobile collision. In a special verdict, the jury awarded Beal $5,600 in damages but specifically found that no aggravating circumstances existed in the act or intention. Beal appeals.

The evidence adduced at trial shows that appellee, driving an Olds Cutlass, was in the center turn-only lane proceeding to turn left in front of appellant’s on-coming jeep. The evidence conflicts whether appellee…