Valdosta Housing Authority v. Finnessee

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff Bridgette was á 2-1/2 year old infant living with her mother in the appellant’s housing project when she was bitten on the finger by a rat. Defendant appeals from a verdict and judgment awarding $10,000 compensatory but specifically denying punitive damages.

1. An award for future pain and suffering need not be reduced to present cash value. St. Paul Fire &c. Ins. Co. v. Dillingham, 112 Ga. App. 422, 424 (145 SE2d 624) (1965). “Anxiety or worry proximately attributable to an injury is recoverable. So is mental distress caused by impairment of the enjoyment…