Trowell v. J.C. Penney Co.

In this appeal, a negligence plaintiff contends that the trial court abused its discretion in (1) denying his motion for a new trial on damages following a verdict awarding $8,081.38 for past medical expenses and nothing for past pain and suffering and (2) in permitting him to be impeached with convictions that took place more than ten years prior to the trial. We find no abuse of discretion in either ruling and affirm.

After his August 1992 fall down an escalator at the J.C. Penney store in the Palm Beach Mall, Joseph Earl Trowell filed a negligence action seeking damages for injury to his…