Sweeney v. Cumberland County Power & Light Co.
Sweeney v. Cumberland County Power & Light Co.
Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff, a passenger upon defendant’s trolley car, claims that she was hit in the eye by a wad of paper thrown or tossed by the conductor at another passenger. Liability is admitted.
A careful study of the evidence is convincing that the plaintiff has grossly exaggerated her injuries, and that the verdict of $400 is unwarrantably large. The overwhelming weight of the evidence shows that the physical injury to the plaintiff was very slight'. For
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