Case Name: HARRY H. FOLEY ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, v. PUBLIC SERVICE CO-ORDINATED TRANSPORT ET AL., DEFENDANTS
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1930-03-07
Citations: 8 N.J. Misc. 217
Docket Number: 
Parties: HARRY H. FOLEY ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, v. PUBLIC SERVICE CO-ORDINATED TRANSPORT ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 217–218

Head Matter:
HARRY H. FOLEY ET AL., PLAINTIFFS, v. PUBLIC SERVICE CO-ORDINATED TRANSPORT ET AL., DEFENDANTS.
Decided March 7, 1930.
Before Gummere, Chief Justice, and Justices Kalisch and Campbell.
For the rule, Henry II. Fryling and Carl T. Freggens.
Contra, Charles A. Rooney.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plaintiff Harry Foley, a boy twenty years old, was employed bir the firm of Moser & Company as one of its truck drivers. While driving the truck along the highway between Rockaway and Dover he collided with a bus of the Public Service Co-ordinated Transport which was being driven by the defendant Albert Nelson, and was quite severely injured. The present suit was brought by him and his father, the claim of the latter being for the medical expenses incurred by him in the treatment of his son and the loss of the son's wages. The trial resulted in a verdict against the Public Service Company, the jury awarding the son $5,000 and the father $1,000.
The only ground upon which we are asked to direct a new trial is that these verdicts are excessive. Our examination of the proofs leads us to the conclusion that the award to the son was reasonable one considering the injuries received by him in the accident. As to the verdict of $1,000 in favor of the father, although it is liberal, we cannot say that it is so clearly excessive as to justify this court in setting it aside.
The rule to show cause will be discharged.