Case Name: WILLIAM JACOBS, PLAINTIFF, v. FRANK EHEHALT, DEFENDANT
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1930-04-09
Citations: 8 N.J. Misc. 266
Docket Number: 
Parties: WILLIAM JACOBS, PLAINTIFF, v. FRANK EHEHALT, DEFENDANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 266–266

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.