ATLANTA &c. CASKET CO. v. HOLLINGSWORTH

39843.

107 Ga. App. 594 (1963)

131 S.E.2d 61

ATLANTA METALLIC CASKET COMPANY et al. v. HOLLINGSWORTH.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haas, Dunaway, Shelfer & Haas, George A. Haas, for plaintiffs in error.


BELL, Judge.

1. Special ground 1 urges that there are those times when, through a lack of understanding of the issues, or because of gross mistake, or for purely emotional reasons unrelated to the evidence, the jury may award damages in an amount so fantastically excessive and so completely unwarranted that simple justice demands a new trial. It is said that the verdict here is one of those. This verdict, it is suggested, is so grossly excessive as to shock the conscience...

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