Burke v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 85 Wash. 445
• 148 P. 574
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 850

Syllabus

<p>Witnesses — Impeachment—Former Testimony — Effect. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries due to the negligence of the city in permitting a cross-walk on one of its streets to be in a dangerous and unsafe condition, the fact that, in another action by the plaintiff for injuries subsequently suffered through the negligence of a street car company, her testimony as to the extent of her injuries was different from that in the present action, merely affects her credibility, and would not overcome the findings of the trial court in her favor, where there was sufficient evidence as to the unsafe condition of the cross-walk and as to the extent of plaintiff’s injuries.</p> <p>Damages — Excessive Damages — Injuries to Arm and Wrist. In a personal injury case, where the court finds that plaintiff’s body was severely bruised, that she suffered a colies fracture of the right arm, and that there was a permanent injury to her wrist, a judgment for $900 for the injuries, and their attendant inconvenience, pain and suffering, was not excessive.</p>