Young v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Warren Circuit Court entered judgment on a jury verdict awarding appellant Linda Young $13,242.87 in damages as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Young’s subsequent motion for new trial alleging irregularity in the jury proceedings (CR 59.01) was denied. Having granted discretionary review of the Court of Appeals decision affirming the trial court, we now reverse and remand for a new trial on the issue of damages.

Liability for the accident is not in dispute; Young’s automobile was struck head-on by an intoxicated hit-and-run driver. A default judgment was entered…