3 N.J. Misc. 1011 | N.J. | 1925
This is a plaintiff’s rule to show cause based on the claim that the damages allowed were inadequate. The plaintiff was riding in a motor truck, apparently sitting on the knees of another man, and the defendants’ automobile ran into the truck. Plaintiff sustained no broken bones, but his shoulder was strained, and he claimed to have been put permanently out of business as a hod carrier. The jury awarded him a verdict of $500, which he claims is inadequate, and that the jury plainly disregarded the evidence with respect to the serious character of his injuries. We have read the evidence