Taylor v. Lowenstein

This is an action for personal injuries. Upon a trial by jury plaintiff recovered a judgment for $7,500, from which judgment defendant appeals.

’ Appellant’s first contention is that the verdict is so excessive as to indicate passion or prejudice on the part of the jury. A review of the evidence convinces us that this contention is without merit. Prior to the accident respondent was a healthy, robust woman of the age of fifty-four years. She had been a professional nurse for thirty-five years and from that work she had an average monthly income of $160 per month. The accident occurred on the…