Court Opinion

ID: 9854469
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:07:58.128076+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:05.811662
License: Public Domain

Goolsby, Judge
(concurring):
I concur in the opinion of Judge Shaw.
Regarding Judge Cureton’s view that the case should be remanded for a new trial on the issue of damages alone, the trial judge, as Judge Shaw points out, made an express finding that the proof supported the amount recovered. Nothing in the record shows otherwise. Indeed, the reason why we have as Judge Cureton stated, “no hint of why or how the jury rewarded $34,000 in actual damages,” is because the appellant failed to provide us with a proper record.
Moreover, neither of the appellant’s two exceptions fairly raise the issue of whether the damages awarded were excessive because their amount exceeded the amount itemized in the complaint. Ordinarily, if a question is not asked of us, we do not answer it.