National Fruit Product Co. v. Wagner

Eric Lloyd Wagner, a 4-year-old infant, instituted this action by his next friend to recover damages for personal injuries. The trial court entered judgment on the verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $15,000.

The only question presented is whether the verdict is excessive.

The child was asleep on the front seat of a car driven by his grandfather when it was struck by defendant’s truck, traveling at excessive speed, on the inside of a curve at an intersection. The child was knocked unconscious and received four lacerations about the face and head. One laceration extended an inch laterally from…