Carver v. Walden

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

This case arises from a car accident involving the plaintiff, Odelle Carver, and the defendant, Marjean Walden. Following a jury trial, a verdict was returned awarding Carver $500 in damages. Carver then filed a motion for a new trial on grounds that *427the verdict of the jury was insufficient, contrary to the law in the case, inconsistent, and that the verdict failed to do justice between the parties. The motion for a new trial was denied; hence this appeal.

The accident occurred on October 8, 1987, on Highway 31 in Hoover, Alabama. Carver was a passenger in the car…