Mendola v. Sambol

Argued November 17, 1949. The minor-plaintiff, a seven-year-old child, suffered serious injury from a gunshot wound. The jury found that the injury was the proximate result of the defendant's negligence and awarded damages in favor of the child's parents to compensate them for hospital and medical expense incurred, and, in a second verdict against the defendant, made an allowance to the minor for pain and suffering. The lower court properly refused to enter judgments in favor of the defendant n. o. v. under the circumstances.

The verdicts establish these facts: Defendant had a .22 caliber…