Reindl v. Opitz

WOLLMAN, Justice.

Plaintiff was awarded $36,000 by a jury in her action for personal injuries. Defendant appeals from the judgment, claiming that the verdict is excessive.

At approximately 1 a. m. on April 27, 1971, plaintiff’s automobile was struck from the rear by defendant’s automobile as plaintiff was stopped at an intersection in Rapid City, South Dakota. The force of the impact tore the front seat of plaintiff’s automobile loose from the floorboard and pushed the automobile diagonally across the intersection, over a concrete dividing island and up over the curb. *

Plaintiff was examined at…