Hemenway v. Washington Water Power Co.

Citations

• 49 Wash. 338
• 95 P. 269
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 580

Syllabus

<p>Damages — Personal Injuries — Excessive Verdict. A verdict for $7,500 reduced by the trial court to $5,000, is excessive and a new trial will be granted on appeal unless all hut $2,500 is remitted, where it appears that the plaintiff, an able-bodied carpenter thirty-two years of age, was injured in the groin in a street car collision, that he was confined to his bed more than a week, and up to the time of the trial, eight months thereafter, had been unable to work, continuously suffered pain, and could walk with difficulty, and one physician testified that his spine was permanently injured, hut the great weight of the evidence indicated no permanent injury and the jury appears to have been influenced by passion or prejudice.</p>