Court Opinion

ID: 9722116
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 09:16:56.593434+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:30.677065
License: Public Domain

ROBB, Judge,
concurs with separate opinion.
I concur with the majority in this case, but in result only with respect to its holding regarding the trial court's error in awarding the Sheetses pre-judgment interest. I agree with the majority that because the Sheetses failed to respond to GM's sustained objection to the inclusion of testimony regarding pre-judgment interest, the Sheetses implied that they believed they were not entitled to pre-judgment interest. Therefore, they cannot now take issue with GM's contention that the trial court erred in awarding them preJudgment interest. But I write separately to note that, had the Sheetses responded to GM's objection, they would have been entitled to pre-judgment interest because the damages were clearly ascertainable in accordance with fixed rules of evidence and accepted standards of valuation. For this reason, I concur in result only with respect to the majority's conclusion that the trial court erred in awarding the Sheetses pre-judgment interest.