Citation Numbers: 7 N.J. Misc. 957
Judges: Cubiam
Filed Date: 11/4/1929
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/25/2022
The plaintiff, a boy six years old, while crossing a street in the town of Dunellen in front of the public school where he was a pupil, was struck by a taxicab belonging to the defendant and being driven by the latter’s employe. The suit was brought to recover compensation for the injuries received by
Counsel for the defendant contends before us that the verdict, which necessarily was based upon the ground that the accident was the result of the negligence of the driver of the defendant’s taxicab and was not contributed to by the plaintiff, was contrary to the weight of the evidence. Our examination of the testimony sent up with the rule satisfied us that we should not interfere with the verdict upon this ground.
The only other question before us for consideration under the limitation of the rule is whether the award was excessive. Our consideration of the testimony with relation to the injuries received by the plaintiff satisfies us that we ought not to interfere with the verdict upon the ground stated; that is, that it is clearly excessive.
The rule to show cause will be discharged.