Caldwell v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Clarke county, McMaster, J., entered April 20, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of a passenger for damages by reason of insults by the conductor.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
This cause was before this court on a former appeal, and will be found reported in 56 Wash. 223, 105 Pac. 625, where will be found also a full statement of the facts giving rise to the controversy. By reference to the opinion on the former hearing, it will be observed that the jury at the first trial awarded the plaintiff for her injuries the sum of $1,000, and that this court thought the verdict so far disproportionate to the actual injury sustained as to require the submission of the question to another jury, and reversed and remanded the case solely for that reason. At the second trial the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Caldwell v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
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