Legal Opinion
Estridge v. Cincinnati Street Railway Co.
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided May 14, 1945No. 6511PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By MATTHEWS, J.
In this case the plaintiff as administratrix recovered a judgment for $4500.00 against the defendant for wrongfully causing the death of a boy who was eighteen months old. The jury returned a verdict of $6,000.00, from which the Court granted a remittitur of $1500.00, which the plaintiff accepted.(1) The first error urged upon us is that the amount of the verdict was so excessive as to show that it resulted from passion and prejudice, which could not be cured by any remittitur. It is said that there is no possible basis upon which a jury could determine the pecuniary…
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