Court Opinion

ID: 9706259
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:37:51.001375+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:20.943432
License: Public Domain

SULLIVAN, Judge,
concurring:
I concur in result. In doing so, I do not address the majority’s treatment of the untimely second Motion to Correct Errors. Rather, I rest my opinion upon the conclusion that the original and timely Motion to Correct Errors clearly and adequately sets forth alleged errors argued by White upon his appeal. That Motion is set forth verbatim in the majority opinion.
Short of presenting his entire appellate argument in the Motion to Correct Errors, I am unable to see what more White could have alleged in order to call the trial court’s attention to the fact that he felt the damage award to be not supported by sufficient evidence. I believe that the Motion clearly and concisely presents that assertion of error.
The allegation of error with respect to the refusal of the court to allow and consider claimed set-offs is, in my view, minimally sufficient to permit appellate review.
These two alleged errors were preserved below and are before us on appeal. The issue should have been addressed.
My independent examination and consideration of these issues, however, convinces me that White’s appeal is without merit. It is for this reason that I vote to affirm the judgment of the trial court.