Rhodes v. Spartanburg County

Brailsford, Justice:

In this action for damages arising from an automobile collision, the defendant conceded liability, and the parties stipulated to property damage of $3000.00. The jury was instructed to separate the amount of damages awarded for loss of earnings from that awarded for personal injury generally. The verdict was for plaintiff, “(T)hree thousand dollars property damage, and two thousand eighty-seven dollars for personal injury, and one thousand two hundred dollars loss of income.” Plaintiff, who at the time of her injury was a twenty-one-year-old co-ed at the University of…