Opinion
Nos. 43287, 43388.
October 27, 1972.
Damages — propriety of verdicts.
Action in the Isanti County District Court to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff Virginia Westby Williams and consequential damages sustained by her husband, plaintiff Roger Charles Williams, Sr., as the result of an automobile accident allegedly caused by the negligence of defendant Gary Steven Webb while operating an automobile owned by defendant Wyman Webb. The jury returned verdicts of $25,000 and $3,000 for Virginia Williams and Roger Williams, Sr., respectively. Defendants appeal from an order, Robert B. Gillespie, Judge, denying their motion for a new trial and from the judgment entered. Affirmed.
Meagher, Geer, Markham Anderson, James F. Roegge, and O. C. Adamson II, for appellants.
LeVander, Zimpfer Tierney and Paul W. Buegler, for respondents.
Heard before Knutson, C. J., and Otis, Rogosheske, and Schultz, JJ.
Plaintiff Virginia Westby Williams was injured when the car she was occupying was struck in the rear by defendant's car. Defendant admitted liability. The issue of damages was submitted to a jury. The jury rendered a verdict for plaintiff Virginia Williams in the sum of $25,000 and for her husband, plaintiff Roger Charles Williams, Sr., in the sum of $3,000. Defendant's post-trial motion for a new trial on the grounds the verdict was not justified by the evidence was denied.
No reversible error appears upon a review of the record.
Affirmed.