U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1968

Dingus v. Tate

Dingus v. Tate
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided November 29, 1968
404 F.2d 62 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

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.

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