Lincoln v. Miggins

The Lincolns, appellant-defendants, seek review of a final judgment in favor of the Miggins, appellee-plaintiffs, entered pursuant to a jury verdict in an automobile negligence case. The appellants challenge the entry of a directed verdict as to liability at the close of all the evidence and ex-cessiveness of the jury’s award of $15,000 on the father’s derivative claim for his daughter’s future medical expenses.

It is not necessary to recite all the facts of the accident which occurred on the Sunset Drive access ramp to the Palmetto Expressway. William Lincoln, the driver, struck the car ahead…