Kohler v. McNeary

WELBORN, 'Commissioner.

Victoria Kohler sought $50,000 damages for the death of her daughter, Panthiea Gaye Phillips. A jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $7,500 damages. After her motion for new trial on the issue of damages had been overruled, plaintiff appealed. (Notice of appeal filed prior to January 1, 1972.)

Panthiea Gaye Phillips, then 15 years old, died June 28, 1970, from injuries received on June 22, 1970, when she was thrown from an automobile driven by defendant Ronald W. McNeary. The auto struck a tree when the driver lost control as he attempted to go around a…