Erwin v. Chaney

CARROLL, DONALD K., Acting Chief Judge.

The defendants in a negligence action have appealed from an order entered by the Circuit Court for Columbia County, granting a new trial on the issue of damages on the ground that inadequate damages were awarded in the jury verdict.

The question before us is whether the trial court abused its discretion in granting a new trial on the- sole issue of damages under the circumstances shown in the record.

This action arose from an automobile collision at an intersection near the municipal limits of Lake City in the said county. The evidence at the trial showed…