Arramone v. Prowse

235 F.2d 454 Barbara ARRAMONE, a minor, by and through her guardians ad litem, Dominick N. Arramone and and Mary I. Arramone, Appellants, v. John A. PROWSE, as administrator of the Estate of Alvin Prowse, also known as Alvin I. Prowse, Deceased, Appellee. No. 14911. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. June 8, 1956. Stutsman, Hackett & Nagel, Gerald W. Stutsman, Fenton B. Hackett, J. J. Nagel, Fresno, Cal., for appellants. Fitzwilliam & Memering, Sacramento, Cal., for appellees. Before HEALY and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges, and HAMLIN, District Judge. HEALY, Circuit Judge. 1 Appellant, at age seventeen, suffered injuries in a collision between an automobile in which she was a passenger and a truck owned and operated by appellee's intestate, Prowse. Her injuries consisted mainly of facial lacerations of an apparently extensive nature, plus the loss of four teeth; and it is around these injuries that the bulk of the argument here has revolved. 1 Through her parents as guardians ad litem appellant brought suit, and the jury empaneled in the case awarded general damages in her favor in the sum of $6,000. The jury returned also a verdict in the amount of $4,000 in favor…