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PALMER v. JENSEN

No. 64058-1.

937 P.2d 597 (1997)

132 Wash.2d 193

Pamela S. PALMER and Delbart Palmer, wife and husband; and Pamela S. Palmer, as Guardian ad Litem for Shawn Matthew Palmer, a minor, Petitioners, v. Thomas JENSEN and Jane Doe Jensen, husband and wife; and Titus-Will Ford Sales, Inc., a Washington corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albertson Law Offices, Dan M. Albertson, Tacoma, for Petitioners.

John Q. Powers, Seattle, Lee, Smart, Cook, Martin & Patterson, Molly E. Farr, Seattle, for Respondents.

Reed McClure, Michael S. Rogers, Seattle, amicus curiae on Behalf of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Harbaugh & Bloom, Gary N. Bloom, Bryan P. Harnetiaux, Debra Stephens, Spokane, amicus curiae on Behalf of Washington State Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

DOLLIVER, Justice.

In this personal injury action, Pamela Palmer asks us to reverse the trial court's denial of her motion for a new trial. Palmer argues the jury's verdict in an amount exactly equal to special damages is inadequate as a matter of law because the award necessarily failed to include damages for pain and suffering.

On January 30, 1990, Palmer was driving her Volkswagen Rabbit in Tacoma when the car was rear-ended by a Ford Aerostar mini-van...

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