Woodruff v. Ewald

The plaintiff, Frances Woodruff, seeks recovery of damages from the defendant, Mark Ewald, *62for personal injuries suffered by her, as sbe claims, as the result of the negligent driving of the automobile of the defendant, causing it to collide with an automobile in which she was riding, at a street intersection in the city of Olympia. A trial in the superior court for Thurston county, sitting with a jury, resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, awarding her nominal recovery in the sum of five dollars. The plaintiff thereupon timely made a motion for a new trial, one of the grounds of…