Court Opinion

ID: 9628434
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:20:29.102993+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:05.915968
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SHEPARD, Chief Justice,
specially concurring.
I concur with the majority opinion as to Part I only on the basis that it correctly states the present Idaho law relating to the broad discretion vested in a trial judge to independently evaluate the evidence and override the verdict of jurors. However, I continue to adhere to my views concerning the paramount role of a jury as the trier of fact in civil cases where highly conflicting evidence will support either side, as I have expressed in a series of cases originating with DeShazer v. Tompkins, 93 Idaho 267, 460 P.2d 402 (1969), and continuing through Dinneen v. Finch, 100 Idaho 620, 603 P.2d 575 (1979).