Case Name: GEORGE W. CHRISTMAN, JR., BY NEXT FRIEND, PLAINTIFF, v. MICHAEL CAPETTA, DEFENDANT
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1924-05-26
Citations: 2 N.J. Misc. 395
Docket Number: 
Parties: GEORGE W. CHRISTMAN, JR., BY NEXT FRIEND, PLAINTIFF, v. MICHAEL CAPETTA, DEFENDANT.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 395–395

Head Matter:
GEORGE W. CHRISTMAN, JR., BY NEXT FRIEND, PLAINTIFF, v. MICHAEL CAPETTA, DEFENDANT.
Submitted February term, 1924
Decided May 26, 1924.
Negligence — Motor Vehicle Accident — Injury to Infant — Damages Excessive.
On rule, &c.
Before Guam ebb, Chief Justice, and Justices Minturn and Black.
For the plaintiff, John W. Palmer.
For the defendant, Schneider & Schneider.

Opinion:
Per CuRiAar.
The suit in this case was brought to recover damages for personal injuries to an infant. The infant was struck hv an automobile on September 23d, 1922, while crossing Bruce street, in Newark. The trial resulted in a verdict for the-plaintiff for $2,500. The defendant obtained a rule and argues one reason, only, viz., the verdict is excessive. We think this is so. Our reading of the testimony leads ns to the conclusion that the verdict should be reduced to $1,500. If the plaintiff will remit the excess within ten days, the judgment may stand for that amount, otherwise the rule will he made absolute.