National Trailer Convoy, Inc. v. Sutton

Clark, Judge.

Was the plaintiffs $91,000 verdict by reason of its amount so excessive on the facts as to justify the inference of prejudice, undue bias, or gross mistake? That is the principal problem presented for determination here. Other matters contained in the twelve enumerations of error deal with the timing and content of hypothetical questions presented to expert witnesses and attacks upon the judge’s charge to the jury.

National Trailer Convoy, Inc. and Midland Insurance Company as defendants below have taken this appeal directly from a judgment for $91,000 entered against them upon a…