Mansfield v. City of New Haven

This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered as the result of a fall on an icy sidewalk. The court accepted the jury verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $20,000 and denied the plaintiff’s subsequent motion to set the verdict aside on the ground that it was inadequate. On the plaintiff’s appeal, her only claims are that the court committed error in refusing to set aside the verdict in her favor as inadequate and in refusing an additur to the verdict.

The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $20,000. When the…