Court Opinion

ID: 9793908
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:55:03.138766+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:06:46.057071
License: Public Domain

CARDINE, Justice,
dissenting, with whom TAYLOR, Justice, joins.
Because reversal, remand and retrial with attendant costs, expenses and attorney fees is so cost prohibitive in this kind of a case and such a burden on the parties, especially on individual plaintiffs, and because the facts and law applicable will support this proposed disposition and both parties would be better served by this case being concluded by our opinion, I must dissent from the opinion of the court.
*594I would, therefore, propose that the opinion of the court be that:
a) The entry of default judgment be affirmed;
b) The sanction order for attorney fees, after deduction of $706.39 for the months of August, September and October be affirmed;
c) The award to plaintiffs for loss of use of $6,965.00 be affirmed;
d) The $6,170.00 paid for ear purchased be disallowed;
e) The $2,500.00 for the Lincoln automobile be disallowed; and
f) The $5,000.00 punitive damage award be disallowed for failure of required proof.