NORTHWESTERN NAT. CAS. CO. v. MAYS

No. 81-15.

616 S.W.2d 734 (1981)

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL CASUALTY CO., Appellant, v. Samuel L. MAYS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pickens, Boyce, McLarty & Watson by James A. McLarty, Newport, for appellant.

H. David Blair, Batesville, for appellee.


HOLT, Justice.

Appellee sued appellant in a direct action to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from an automobile collision between appellant's insured and appellee. The jury returned a verdict for appellee, leaving blank the line on the damages interrogatory where they were to insert a dollar amount if they found for appellee. Instead, beneath the interrogatory, the jury wrote the following:

$200 per month retroactive to the date of the accident...

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