Roberts v. Kubik

This is an action for damages for negligence in driving an automobile against plaintiff. Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for $2,250. The court ordered a remittitur of $600 which was made and defendants appealed. Plaintiff cross-appealed to secure a restoration of the amount remitted.

There was competent evidence that defendant, Leo *796Kubik, was driving his mother’s car' with permission, stopped it at the curb, leaving the engine running, came up on the sidewalk where Archie Roberts was and engaged in an altercation with him; that, at the instance of Kubik, his companion, Siedlik, held…