Ash v. American Family Mutual Insurance

The issues on this appeal are as follows:

1. Does the evidence sustain the award of damages by the jury to the plaintiff, Anna Ash?

2. Did the trial court err in its ruling on the admission of medical bills incurred by Gerald Ash ?

3. Was the argument to the jury by plaintiffs’ counsel on rebuttal improper and prejudicial?

The main question on this appeal is whether the verdict is excessive. The defendants argue that the damages awarded to plaintiff Anna Ash were grossly excessive, without any support in the credible evidence and obviously reflected an allowance for the effects of an injury not…