Opinion ID: 484641
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Issues on These Appeals

Text: 26 On appeal, the parties renew various of the contentions they made during and after the trials below. Defendants other than Colt contend principally that they were entitled to judgment as a matter of law finding them not liable to Woodling and that, even if they were liable, the court erred in calculating the prejudgment interest to which Woodling was entitled. Woodling contends that the court erred in instructing the jury as to damages and in calculating prejudgment interest. 27 For the reasons below, we find no merit in defendants' contentions on the liability issues. As to the damages issues, we conclude that the court erred in (1) allowing the jury to deduct income taxes from Albert Woodling's future lost earnings, (2) calculating the prejudgment interest to which Woodling was entitled, and (3) failing to require Woodling to pay TG interest on the $250,000 for the period during which she had use of that money prior to her rescission of the Release agreement.