Opinion ID: 1727659
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Heading Rank: 22

Heading: fickle's cross-appeal

Text: The district court found that Fickle, in her individual capacity, had incurred economic damages of $1,013,417.01. The court found that in her representative capacity for Wagner, Fickle had sustained economic damages of $3.5 million and noneconomic damages for pain and suffering in the amount of $500,000. The issue is whether these sums were adequate. The amount of damages awarded in a case under the State Tort Claims Act is a matter solely for the finder of fact, whose action in this respect will not be disturbed on appeal if it is supported by evidence and bears a reasonable relationship to the elements of damages proved at trial. Woollen v. State, 256 Neb. 865, 593 N.W.2d 729 (1999). We must determine whether the award bears a reasonable relationship to the damages proved at trial.