Jury Says No Damages For Man’s Alleged Dizziness
A jury in New York State declined to award damages to a man who claimed that he suffers untreatable vertigo as a result of a neck injury that he sustained during an automobile accident. In a trial that was limited to the issue of damages, James Warner, 29 at the time of the September 2000 accident, contended that he developed traumatically induced vertigo shortly after the accident and that more than 25 doctors and specialists could not resolve the condition. The defense argued that, if Warner actually suffered vertigo, the condition was a product of an anxiety disorder that was not related to the accident. The jury found that Warner did not prove that he suffered a significant disability.