Colonial Coal Coke Company v. Hobson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Reversing.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding plaintiff $1,000.00 in damages for personal injuries. The first complaint is that the court erred in instructing the jury that if they found for plaintiff to award him “such sum in damages as you believe from the evidence will reasonably compensate him for his pain and suffering, and also for the disfigurement of his face, if it was disfigured.”

The rule is firmly established in this jurisdiction that for personal injuries, where death does not ensue, compensatory damages must be confined by the…