Harris v. Wiener

Defendants appeal from judgment on a jury verdict of $12,500 for plaintiff for injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

After the accident plaintiff was taken directly to a hospital. She was suffering pain in the lower part of her back. She was released from the hospital the following morning and instructed to go home and stay in bed. Two days later she was returned, by ambulance, to a hospital where she remained for 11 days and received treatments by an orthopedic specialist. At time of trial, 14 months later, she testified that she still had back pains, had difficulty sleeping at night…