Cleven v. Griffin

Plaintiff was injured in an automobile collision through the admitted negligence of defendant Grriffin and a jury awarded plaintiff $2,000 damages. The only question raised on appeal is whether the verdict was excessive.

Plaintiff, 21 years of age, sustained a slight concussion of the brain, was taken to a hospital unconscious, for first aid, sustained a jagged cut above-the eye resulting in scars, nose was cut, lower limbs cut and bruised, hand was bruised and the ulnar nerve injured. She was released from the hospital after first-aid treatment. For some length of time she suffered from…