Opinion ID: 1995010
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: The excessiveness of the verdict for the adult plaintiff.

Text: The claim of the adult plaintiff was for past medical expenses and for future medical expenses until the minor plaintiff reaches the age of twenty-one. A verdict was returned in the amount of $50,000 which by remittitur was reduced to $35,000. Medical expenses arising from twenty operations already incurred amount to approximately $25,000. The treating physicians of the minor plaintiff testified that in order to wear a regular leg prosthesis he will require several future operations in the nature of full thickness skin grafts. The testimony made it quite plain that the required treatment of the minor plaintiff is by no means over. Under the circumstances, an allowance of approximately $10,000 for this future treatment does not seem excessive. We therefore find no error in the award of the remittitur rather than ordering a new trial as the Authority contends.