Ray Carter, Inc. v. Edwards

These two suits arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on May 13,1965, in Crockett County about two miles east of Bells on the Lower Jackson Road. A jury returned verdicts of $40,000.00 and $7,500.00 in favor of plaintiffs, Rickey Edwards, a minor, and his father, Billy Joe Edwards, respectively. The trial judge suggested remittiturs of $15,000.00 and $2,500.00, which plaintiffs accepted. Defendants, Ray Carter, Inc., and Tony Chop, appealed to the Court of Appeals.

The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgments as to liability, but suggested further remittiturs of $5,000.00 and…