SMITH v. BLAIR

No. 4286.

521 P.2d 581 (1974)

Joan Knight SMITH, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. Clarence BLAIR, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Leimback, Casper, for appellant.

Houston G. Williams, Wehrli & Williams, Casper, for appellee.

Before PARKER, C.J., and McEWAN, GUTHRIE, McINTYRE and McCLINTOCK, JJ.


Justice McINTYRE delivered the opinion of the court.

The appeal in this case raises a single question of law:

Did the failure of the jury to award general damages in the face of an award for substantial medical and hospital expense result in an improper or irregular verdict?

We recently had occasion to say, in DeWitty v. Decker, Wyo., 383 P.2d 734, 736, as a general rule, the failure of a jury to award general damages...

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