Watson v. Builders Square, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that trial judge may find compromise and order new trial \when a damage award is clearly inadequate and the issue of liability is hotly contested\
• “[W]hen a damage award is clearly inadequate and the issue of liability is hotly contested, such circumstances give rise to a suggestion that the jury may have compromised its verdict.”
• where appellants proved that Mrs. Watson suffered a permanent injury which affected her ability to work, a zero verdict for loss of future earning capacity was inadequate

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