Andrews v. Annunziato
| Decision Date | 20 December 1932 |
| Citation | 163 A. 415,115 Conn. 728 |
| Court | Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Parties | ANDREWS v. ANNUNZIATO. WARGO v. SAME. |
Appeal from Superior Court, Fairfield County; John Rufus Booth Judge.
Separate actions by Charles Andrews and by Frank Wargo against Ferdinando Annunziato to recover damages for injuries to person and property alleged to have been caused by defendant's negligence, the case being tried to the jury. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff in both cases, and defendant appeals.
Hugh J. Lavery, of Bridgeport (George N. Finkelstone, of Bridgeport, on the brief), for appellant.
David Goldstein and John P. Flanagan, both of Bridgeport, for appellees.
The plaintiffs in these two cases were injured in an automobile accident and recovered verdicts against the defendant Andrews for $5.848 and Wargo for $5,863. The defendant moved to set the verdicts aside and has appealed from the denial of these motions. The only claim made before us is that the verdicts were excessive. In the Andrews case the jury might reasonably have found the following facts: He suffered a temporary concussion of the brain, cuts on the head and face, and bruises and abrasions; the bones of the side of his face were broken, resulting in an inability to close his jaws properly and requiring that the back teeth should be filed off several times; he was in the hospital seventeen days; his back was sprained; he had been dizzy and nervous up to the time of the trial and his back did not at that time permit him to do as heavy work as he could before the injury, but how long these conditions are likely to continue did not appear; there are some sears upon his face and the side of it is slightly depressed; he probably will never be able entirely to...
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