Kline v. Columbia Casualty Co.

HARDY, Judge.

This was a tort action instituted by plaintiffs, husband and wife, seeking damages for personal injuries, together with certain special damages resulting from an automobile accident. From judgment in favor of plaintiff husband for $10,000.00 and plaintiff wife in the sum of $2,500.00, defendants appealed and plaintiffs answered the appeal, praying for a substantial increase in the amounts of the awards.

There is no issue of liability presented, and, concededly, the question on this appeal is restricted to the quantum of the awards.

The principal injuries sustained by the plaintiff…