Able v. Fleming

By Judge Randall g. Johnson

The jury in this personal injury action returned a verdict in the amount of $830.94, which is exactly one-half of plaintiff’s claimed special damages. In light of defendant’s admitted liability and what seems to be a permanent, though not very large, scar on plaintiffs knee, the verdict is extremely low, and the court took under advisement plaintiffs motion to set it aside. It will not be.

The case involves an automobile accident that occurred on June 12,1998. At the scene of the accident, plaintiff said she was “alright” and “fine.” She did not know her knee was…