BALTIMORE TRANSIT CO. v. SMITH

[No. 55, September Term, 1968.]

252 Md. 430 (1969)

250 A.2d 228

THE BALTIMORE TRANSIT COMPANY v. SMITH

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided February 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Thompson for appellant.

William E. Chamberlain, with whom were Ginsberg & Ginsberg on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before HAMMOND, C.J., and MARBURY, McWILLIAMS, FINAN and SMITH, JJ.


McWILLIAMS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Shocked by the jury's verdict, $35,000, Judge MacDaniel declared he would grant appellant's motion for a new trial unless appellee (Smith) filed a remittitur of $20,000. Smith refused and appealed to this Court. We dismissed his appeal. After further argument in the court below Judge MacDaniel, somewhat recovered from his initial shock, reduced the remittitur to $15,000. Believing a new trial would "present a direct...

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