Court Opinion

ID: 9642281
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:53:36.9708+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:45.475113
License: Public Domain

STEPHENSON, Justice,
dissenting.
I am of the opinion it was not harmless error for the trial court to direct a verdict for Koenig. This error is further compounded by the reach of the majority opinion in sending this case back for trial on future damages alone. Thus Audubon will be required in all probability to bear an even heavier burden in damages. It simply strains the bounds of credulity to believe that the Orr v. Coleman instruction cured this error when the jury was advised by the trial court before the instruction that Koe-nig was no longer in the case as a matter of law. I would reverse for a trial on all issues with Koenig in the case.
Accordingly I dissent.