SMITH v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO.

No. 15350.

330 F.2d 76 (1964)

Mrs. Anna SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fielden Woodward, Louisville, Ky., for appellant; Woodward, Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, Ky., on brief.

Lively M. Wilson, Louisville, Ky., for appellee; Stites, Peabody & Helm, Louisville, Ky., on brief; R. L. Hawkins, Louisville, Ky., of counsel.

Before CECIL and O'SULLIVAN, Circuit Judges, and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff-appellant, a lady 77 years old, was struck by defendant's truck. Upon trial of her suit against the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, a jury awarded her $1,400.93. She claims the verdict was inadequate. After the accident, and against her wishes, appellant was taken to a hospital where, as described by her family physician, "she was mostly an angry woman." This was on September 28, 1961, at Corbin, Kentucky. Her doctor had x-rays...

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