Court Opinion

ID: 9565359
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:19:32.267165+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:34.642150
License: Public Domain

HUNTLEY, Justice,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in all of the majority opinion except for that portion which holds that the *249trial court did not abuse its discretion in failing to require defendants to accept an “additur” or a new trial due to the inadequacy of damages.
The damage award for loss of the thumb was $20,000 prior to that figure being reduced by Schneider’s 40% negligence and for the workmen’s compensation benefits he had received.
The loss of a thumb is a severe and disabling impediment and the court clearly abused its discretion in failing to correct that aspect of the judgment.