Dupuis v. Nielson

STEWART, Justice:

Plaintiff, upon recovering against defendant in a personal injury action, filed a motion for an additur or new trial based on inadequate damages. It is from the lower court’s denial of that motion that plaintiff herein appeals.

The accident in which the alleged damages were sustained occurred when defendant was driving his pick-up truck and struck the rear of plaintiff’s car which had stopped at an intersection for a red light. A directed verdict on the issue of liability was entered in favor of plaintiff at the conclusion of all evidence.

The jury awarded appellant $1,000 in…