Excessive Jury Demand: Victim Demands 1M, Gets Peanuts ($4500)
Plaintiff sought damages of over $1,000,0000 in a garden variety Rhode Island Car Accident ‘whiplash’ rear-ender, but was awarded $4500 by a penny pinching jury. The trier of fact only awarded $165 for medical bill reimbursement despite the fact that testimony in the negligence cause of action was that medical treatment for the injuries amounted […]