Porrovecchio v. Salathe Oil Co.

GULOTTA, Judge.

Defendants, appealing, claim an $18,-000.00 general damage award for a “garden variety soft-tissue injury” of the neck and back “of several months duration” is excessive.

This matter was submitted on plaintiff’s testimony and that of an investigating officer, together with a hospital report and reports of an orthopedic surgeon and a neurologist.

In written reasons, the trial judge concluded that plaintiff had sustained various injuries, “the most serious being a severe cervical strain which caused him to miss a substantial amount of work and incur various medical expenses”. He…