SLEMONS v. GREGGO & FERRARA, INC.


259 A.2d 756 (1969)

Irma SLEMONS, Administratrix of the Estate of Tadeusz Bienkowski, Deceased, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. GREGGO & FERRARA, INC., a Delaware corporation, and Wilson H. Warren, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

November 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bader and Sheldon N. Sandler, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellant.

Edmund D. Lyons, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, for defendants below, appellees.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


PER CURIAM:

This case is a suit for damages resulting from a death caused by alleged negligence. The jury found for the plaintiff and awarded damages in an amount exceeding $57,000. The trial Judge, on defendants' application, awarded a new trial. Plaintiff has appealed from that ruling.

The Court below held that the damages awarded were grossly excessive. The deceased, a man of 45 years of age, had accumulated total assets of less than $4000 at the time of...

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