Court Opinion

ID: 9508407
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:31:37.004855+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:32.213826
License: Public Domain

MR. JUSTICE GULBRANDSON,
specially concurring and dissenting:
I concur with the adoption of the theory of combined negligence of concurrent tortfeasor defendants, but I do not agree with its application in this case where the jury was not instructed on its application. In my opinion, a new trial should be ordered so that a properly instructed jury can determine percentages of negligence, if any, of the parties and fix, if necessary, an appropriate damage award.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TURNAGE concurs in the dissent of MR. JUSTICE GULBRANDSON.