Cope v. Sevigny

WERNICK, Justice.

In this civil action, seeking damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained as the result of a collision between motor vehicles, a jury trial was held. The legal liability of the defendant was admitted and the only issue for jury determination was the amount of damages to be assessed.

The jury returned a verdict of $2,632.95, an amount deemed by plaintiff to be inadequate. Plaintiff, therefore, moved before the presiding Justice for a new trial, defendant first to be afforded “opportunity to accept an addition to the verdict of such amount as the court judges to be…