Opinion ID: 1896723
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: did the lower court err by only allowing an additur of $2,000 when the special damages in the past exceeded $4,400 since defendant admitted liability?

Text: Counsel for Mrs. Jackson argues that the additur granted by the trial court was insufficient to adequately compensate the appellee for her injuries. Therein, Alice Jackson respectively submits that she was entitled to an additur of $600, for her lost wages, plus $3,881.54 for her medical expenses, special damages for pain and suffering, and permanent disability. Considering the testimony that the plaintiff had a preexisting degenerative vertebra condition, or osteoarthritis condition, the trial court's additur of $2,000.00 was a proper exercise of discretion. Therein, the judgment of the circuit court granting an additur of $2,000.00 should be affirmed, and the appellee granted a new trial on damages only unless the appellant accepts an additur within ten (10) days of final judgment of this Court. AFFIRMED ON BOTH DIRECT APPEAL AND CROSS-APPEAL. ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, P.JJ., and ROBERTSON, SULLIVAN, ANDERSON, GRIFFIN and ZUCCARO, JJ., concur.