Vasconcellos v. Juarez

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LE BARON, J.

After trial in the lower court of a tort action for personal injuries which appellee brought against the appellant by a complaint which prays for damages in the total sum of ten thousand dollars (five thousand as general and five thousand as punitive), the jury rendered verdict in favor of appellee, assessing damages at four thousand dollars and designating three thousand five hundred thereof as general and five hundred as punitive. The appellant excepted to the verdict. 'He moved the trial judge to set the verdict aside and grant a new trial, which was…