Haskins v. Howard

PAULSEN, J. pro tem.*

Appeal by defendant from a judgment rendered in an action for damages growing out of an assault.

Defendant struck plaintiff on the jaw with sufficient force to render him unconscious, to fracture his jaw and cause other injuries less severe. Before the time of trial, all plaintiff’s teeth were extracted and he was fitted with dentures.

After trial before the court without a jury, compensatory damages in the sum of $8,500 were awarded to plaintiff, based on a finding that he had suffered a “scalp laceration, a concussion, fracture of his jaw bones and loss of his teeth and a…