The court did not err in overruling the motion for new trial.
2. Error is assigned on the excessiveness of the verdict for $2000. This assignment is without merit. An examination of the record in Yellow Cab Co. v. Nelson, 35 Ga. App. 694 (134 S.E. 822), discloses that the facts in that case, in so far as the age of the child and the injuries complained of are concerned, are almost identical with the case sub judice. The court in that case said about a verdict for $3000: "The verdict was not so large as to force the conclusion that it was induced by prejudice, bias, or mistake on the part of the jury." As was said by Judge Russell in City of Rome v. Davis, 9 Ga. App. 62 (70 S.E. 594): "The existence of prejudice or bias can not rest upon suspicion. That the verdict was the result of prejudice and bias must be shown; and even if individually we thought the verdict was large, we find nothing in the record to indicate that the jury were influenced by prejudice or bias. The law fixes no measure for pain and suffering except the enlightened conscience of impartial jurors, and perhaps the force of the complaint that the verdict is too large would be weakened if any one of us could substitute ourselves for the plaintiff in any particular case, and were forced ourselves to endure the suffering that the plaintiff endured. In any event, in the absence of plain proof that the verdict was the result of prejudice or bias, this court will not interfere." In the absence of any showing that the verdict in the instant case was the result of bias, prejudice, or mistake on the part of the jury, this court will not hold as a matter of law that the verdict was excessive. The court did not err in overruling the motion for new trial.
Judgment affirmed. Stephens, P. J., and Sutton, J., concur. *Page 674