DOE v. WEST

Record No. 790854.

281 S.E.2d 850 (1981)

John DOE v. Welford W. WEST.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Zunka, Charlottesville (Taylor, Brooks, Zunka & Murray, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellant.

W. W. Whitlock, James L. Lillie, III, Mineral, for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.


COCHRAN, Justice.

Welford W. West obtained a jury verdict of $2,800 against John Doe for damages for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident. Upon motion of West, the trial court set aside the verdict as inadequate and granted a new trial in which West received a jury verdict for $30,000. On Doe's motion to set this verdict aside, the trial court put West on terms to accept either a remittitur of $15,000 or a new trial. West accepted the remittitur...

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