Case ID: nj-misc_8/html/0266-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

WILLIAM JACOBS, PLAINTIFF, v. FRANK EHEHALT, DEFENDANT.
    Argued October term, 1929
    Decided April 9, 1930.
    Before Justices Teen chard, Lloyd and Case.
    For the rule, Coult, Satz & Tomlinson.
    
    
      Contra, Samuel Seller.
    
   Per Curiam.

Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $5,000 and the defendant has a rule for new trial, contending that the damages are excessive.

Plaintiff had a broken fibula of the left leg; had it in a cast for six weeks; stiffness followed and there is some impairment of motion. He is a farmer seventy years old, does much of his own work and may have trouble in performing the heavier duties incident thereto. He had a medical bill of $249.

We think, however, that the verdict is excessive. If the plaintiff will accept the sum of $3,500 the rule will be discharged; otherwise it will be made absolute.