Lilly v. Boswell

This is an action to' recover damages in the sum of $25,000 for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff (respondent) in an automobile collision. The case was submitted under the humanitarian doctrine. Following a verdict for $1750, plaintiff filed a limited motion for neiv trial of the issue of damages only on the ground the verdict was grossly inadequate, which motion the court sustained; Defendants appeal, assigning as error: (1) that plaintiff failed to make a submissible case, and (2) the sustaining of plaintiff’s limited motion for new trial on the issue of damages.

The evidence is…