Elberts v. Nussbaum Trucking, Inc.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict awarding damages of $2,000 for personal injuries, plaintiff seeks a new trial as to the issue of damages only — contending that the award was palpably inadequate.

Plaintiff testified that in a collision between the automobile she was driving and defendants’ semi-trailer truck, her chest hit the steering wheel and her head struck the roof of her car; that she was taken to a hospital where she complained of pain in her neck and back; that X rays were taken, and during her 12 days…