Hawley v. Donahoo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding fracture of L-3 vertebra as a result of a motor vehicle accident represented a com-pensable pain from a known medical source which was more than a transient rub of life
• where evidence presented obvious injury and compensable pain the jury ignored, new trial was necessary
• fractured vertebra is an obvious injury and a jury cannot freely disregard evidence of obvious injuries
• In granting a new trial, the Superior Court noted that “counsel recognized the existence of. .. pain in his closing argument.”
• “The general rule is that victims must be compensated for all their losses caused by the negligence of another.”
• no damages awarded despite an obvious injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).