Guignon v. Campbell

Citations

• 80 Wash. 543
• 141 P. 1031
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1332

Syllabus

<p>Husband and Wife—Wife’s Separate Estate—Liability for Negligence of Child. A married woman is liable to a judgment for damages against her separately for personal injuries resulting to one by reason of the negligence of her child in operating an automobile, where such automobile was her separate property, and was being used by the child for family purposes with her consent.</p> <p>Damages—Personal Injuries—Excessive Damages—Remission. A verdict for $9,250, in an action for personal injuries, is more than compensatory, although the plaintiff was seriously injured, where it appears that she was not entirely incapacitated and deprived of her earning power, that, at the time of injury, she was forty-eight years of age, earning $30 per month with continuous employment, and capable of earning as a nurse from $15 to $25 per week with intermittent employment, and that her actual loss in the way of clothing and doctor’s bills did not exceed $300; and warrants a reversal and new trial in the case, unless plaintiff files remittitur of $4,250.</p>