Court Opinion

ID: 9685613
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 14:52:47.998181+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:39.872117
License: Public Domain

Per Curiam
(on motion for rehearing). The appellant Harvey Schilz asks this court to apply the Powers rule and to set the amount of the remittitur rather than sending the case back for a new trial on the question of damages. Normally, when error or an abuse of discretion is committed in applying the Powers rule by the trial court, this court does set the amount of the remittitur or additur as the case may be. However, in this case the court was unable on the appeal record to agree on an amount for each of the several items of damages and the only alternative was to send the matter back for a new trial. This result on appeal should be considered an unusual one. The motion for rehearing is denied, without costs.