Opinion
Nos. 9491, 9538.
Argued October 15, 1947.
Decided October 20, 1947.
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
Actions by Jessie Sammond and by William G. Wilding against Ralph L. Feltman and Edward F. Murdock for personal injuries. Judgments for plaintiffs and defendants appeal.
Affirmed.
Mr. Paul J. Sedgwick, of Washington, D.C., for appellants.
Mr. David G. Bress, of Washington, D.C., with whom Mr. Alvin L. Newmyer, of Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee Sammond.
Mr. Joseph D. Bulman, of Washington, D.C., with whom Mr. Sidney M. Goldstein, of Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee Wilding.
Before EDGERTON, Associate justice, MARIS, Circuit Judge, and PRETTYMAN, Associate justice.
Appellants, who were defendants in a personal injury action, contend among other things that the charge to the jury was defective and that the $20,000 verdict was excessive. We find no error either in the charge or elsewhere. It is settled that we cannot review a trial court's decision to grant or deny a new trial on the ground that a verdict was excessive or inadequate. Washington Times Co. v. Bonner, 66 App. D.C. 280, 86 F.2d 836, 110 A.L.R. 393.
Affirmed.