LOVELADY v. SACRAMENTO CITY LINES

Docket No. 14556.

102 Cal.App.2d 28 (1951)

226 P.2d 722

CHARLSIE LOVELADY, Respondent, v. SACRAMENTO CITY LINES (a Corporation) et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

January 26, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donohue, Richards, Rowell & Gallagher, Bryant M. Bennett and Joseph A. Woods, Jr., for Appellants.

Nichols, Richard, Allard & Williams for Respondent.


DOOLING, J.

Plaintiff was awarded $13,500 by a jury for personal injuries received in an automobile collision. On appeal the sole point made is that the damages are excessive. Plaintiff in June, 1948, the time of the collision, was 32 years of age, married and the mother of young children, with a life expectancy of 36 years. (58 C.J.S., 1212.) Her special damages were $1,632, leaving a balance of $11,868 for general damages.

She received an injury to her lower...

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