Court Opinion

ID: 9658299
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 20:54:44.473657+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:22:38.684193
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Thornton, J.
— I dissent. The only factor taken into account by the trial court was the verdict in the first case of $3000. This verdict was set aside by the trial court as being in conflict with and not supported by the evidence. This amounts to the first verdict being inadequate.
I do not believe a prior inadequate verdict is a reasonable ground upon which to base a determination a second verdict is excessive where, as here, the second verdict is within the reasonable range of the testimony. In the authorities cited in the majority opinion none of the prior verdicts considered were in conflict with or unsupported by the evidence because they were less than the range of the testimony.
I would reverse and reinstate the verdict.