Meeks v. Zimmerman

Prank E. and Edith B. Zimmerman, husband and wife, recovered judgments against the appellant, Ben G. Meeks, for damages sustained in an automobile collision on March 2, 1953. There was a judgment for Mr. Zimmerman in the sum of $2,000.00 and one for Mrs. Zimmerman in the sum of $8,500.00. On appeal appellant relies on one point, and that is the contention that the judgments are excessive.

The Zimmermans live in East St. Louis, and they both work in a chemical plant. They have three children, and at the time of the collision Mrs. Zimmerman was 3 months pregnant. They had been to Mardi Gras at…