Capella v. Zurich General Acc. Liability Ins. Co.

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Appellants, two adult and non-dependent children, brought this suit for damages for the death of their father, caused by defendant’s negligence, and obtained a jury verdict for $6000.

Appealing from the judgment on the verdict, by and through the counsel who obtained it, they seek its reversal on the ground that the award was grossly inadequate.

Faced with the settled rule that ex-cessiveness or inadequacy, in fact, of a jury verdict presents nothing for our review, 1 counsel seeks to avoid the effect of the rule by adding as his primary and main ground of complaint that…