Ide v. Stoltenow

A new trial has been granted in an action arising out of an automobile collision, for the reason that the amount of the verdict in favor of the plaintiffs is inadequate and not in a sufficiently substantial amount to cover special damages, property damages, and general damages for the injuries sustained by one of the plaintiffs. The defendants appeal from the order granting a new trial. We are not here concerned with any issue of liability, but solely with the question of whether the jury’s verdict of $1,246.24 is so inadequate as to justify the granting of a new trial.

Prior to the adoption…