Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:29:38.824436+00
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Wilkie, J.
(concurring in part; dissenting in part). I must respectfully disagree with that portion of the opinion of the majority that the jury verdict of $10,000 was not excessive. Even viewing all the evidence recited in the majority opinion in the light most favorable to the plaintiff,1 including the disputed testimony of Dr. Salinsky as to the extent of permanent injury, it is my conclusion that an award of $10,000 to the plaintiff is beyond the range of reasonably debatable amounts and is excessive. I, too, would reverse but I would not reinstate the verdict but *603would remand the cause to give the trial court an opportunity to give the plaintiff an option to either receive a new trial or to take such reduced amount as the trial court may determine to be reasonable under the rule in Powers,2
I am authorized to state that Mr. Chief Justice Currie joins in this opinion.

 Kincannon v. National Indemnity Co. (1958), 5 Wis. (2d) 231, 92 N. W. (2d) 884.

 Powers v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1960), 10 Wis. (2d) 78, 102 N. W. (2d) 393. Lucas v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. (1962), 17 Wis. (2d) 568, 117 N. W. (2d) 660.