Garthley v. Seattle Electric Co.

Citations

• 49 Wash. 616
• 96 P. 155
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 633

Syllabus

<p>Damages — Personal Injuries — Excessiveness. A verdict for $4,000 for personal injuries sustained by a married woman, thirty-nine years of age, of unusually good health and extraordinary bodily strength, is not excessive where it appears that, at the time of the trial, she was in a neurasthenic condition, and honestly so, according to the opinions of the doctors, that her hair had turned from coal black to gray, that she suffered for three months to such an extent that she could not leave her bed, and had constantly since suffered, was not able to do her housework, had become prematurely old and had lost her sexual powers, the verdict having been reduced by the trial judge, who heard and saw her and the witnesses, from $5,410 to $4,000.</p>