Court Opinion

ID: 7282610
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-25 20:18:27.984197+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:19:03.859763
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam.
The defendant William H. Barkhom Company, through its servant, the defendant Albert Yaeek, was, on April 1st, 1922, .operating a motor truck on Little street between DeWitt and .Union avenues, in Belleville, and in the operation of such truck George E. Van Buskirk and Owen E. Travers were injured, the injuries to the former resulting in death.
Upon a trial of an action for damages, the plaintiff Ella Van Buskirk, executrix of the estate of George E. Van Bus-kirk, deceased, obtained a verdict of $22,000, and the plaintiff Owen E. Travers a verdict of $500.
The defendants have a rule to show cause why such verdict should not be set aside.
As to both verdicts it is urged that they should be set aside because there was no proof of negligence on the part of the defendants, and the trial court should have directed a verdict in favor of the defendants as requested, and that if there was any evidence of negligence the weight thereof is not sufficient to support the findings of the jury.
Our examination of the proofs leads us to the conclusion that there was evidence of negligence requiring the submission of that question to the jury, and that the jury’s finding thereon is not against the weight of such evidence.
It is further urged .that the verdict in favor of Ella Van Buskirk, executrix, is excessive.
We do not find this to be so.
The rule to show cause is therefore discharged.