Dingus v. Tate

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Dingus v. Tate, 404 F.2d 62 (4th Cir. 1968)

Dingus v. Tate

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiff has appealed from a verdict in his favor complaining of its insufficiency to compensate him for a fractured pelvis and other injuries. The verdict was but little more than the claimed items of special damage, but the jary,"With reason, could have considered some of them suspect or inflated. We find the verdict not so grossly inadequate as to warrant our intervention.

The defendant has filed a conditional cross-appeal, so that she may be relieved of a peremptory instruction as to her negligence in the event a new trial is awarded on the plaintiff’s appeal. In view of our disposition of the plaintiff’s appeal, we do not reach the merits of the conditional cross-appeal.

Affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
Donald McCoy DINGUS v. Shirley Light TATE, Appellee Donald McCoy DINGUS v. Shirley Light TATE
Status
Published