DeLong v. Green

On November 15, 1956, Phillip Green, aged nineteen, was killed in a collision between the car he was driving and a car owned by the appellant Garrett and being driven by the appellant DeLong. This action for wrongful death and property damage was originally brought by the decedent’s parents, Forace and Elvie Green. Later on Forace Green was appointed administrator of his son’s estate and in that capacity intervened as a plaintiff in the action. Upon trial before a jury the plaintiffs recovered a judgment for $23,061.47, of which $20,000.00 was awarded by the jury for the mental anguish…