Case Name: CLEVELAND RAILWAY CO. v. WINSLOW
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1924-06-23
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 619
Docket Number: No. 5297
Parties: CLEVELAND RAILWAY CO. v. WINSLOW
Judges: Vickery, P. J., Sullivan and Levine, JJ.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 619–619

Head Matter:
No. 643
CLEVELAND RAILWAY CO. v. WINSLOW
Ohio Appeals, 8th Dist., Cuyahoga County
No. 5297.
June 23, 1924
Vickery, P. J., Sullivan and Levine, JJ.
899. NEW TRIAL — Instead of remittur of excessive verdict may be made.
Attorneys — Squire^ Sanders & Dempsey, for Railway Co.; A. H. Fiebaeh, for Winslow; all of Cleveland.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.,
Epitomized Opinion
Published Only in Ohio Law Abstract
Louis Winslow broug-ht an action in Cuya-hoga Common Pleas for damages and received judgment for $20,300. The trial court cut this down to $10,250. The Railway brought error to the Appeals; which held that practically the only error complained of was' that the verdict was so excessive that it in itself showed passion and prejudice, and that therefore instead of making a remittur the court should have granted a new trial.
That the injuries were such and the nature of the accident such that he was entitled to a substantial verdict, and the amount of which was more in the province of a jury than in a court. The court below, however, having reduced the verdict, which, apparently, was done under a misapprehension as to what some of the witnesses testified to, as noted in the bill of exceptions, this court will not, for that reason, disturb the verdict.