Jones v. Midwest Pre Cote Co.

SAMUEL E. SEMPLE, Special Judge.

Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment for $25,000.00 for personal injuries sustained in a collision which occurred in an underground limestone quarry of defendant between a truck operated by plaintiff and a vehicle called a “dumpster” operated by an employee of defendant. Defendant’s Motion for New Trial was sustained by the trial court for the sole reason that the verdict of the jury was a quotient verdict. Plaintiff has perfected this appeal from the trial court’s order granting defendant a new trial assigning as error the finding of the trial court that…