State Farm Mutual Insurance Company v. Moss

Deen, Chief Judge.

State Farm Mutual Insurance Company brings this appeal from a jury verdict which awarded appellee $4,070 in lost wages, $3,507 in attorney fees, and punitive damages of $15,000.

1. State Farm contends that the trial court erred in refusing to strike hearsay testimony given by the plaintiff. Moss testified that on the day prior to the accident he had worked for his stepfather cleaning apartments, that he was paid $15 for each apartment completed, and that it was his understanding that he would clean approximately three apartments a day which would give him $45 a day. Upon…