Court Opinion

ID: 9702879
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 23:28:32.817618+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:11:56.000818
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Dissenting Opinion by
Mb. Justice Bell:
I dissent as to tbe measure and proof of damages for Hall. Hall was not a teacher, he was only a high school graduate and his wishes for his future life and the conjecture as to whether he would ever be a teacher, and if so what and where he could teach and what he would make as a teacher, was sheer guess, speculation and conjecture. What happens when a boy desires or plans to become President of the United States or of General Motors, or a major league ball player like Ty Cobb or Babe Buth or Hans Wagner or Jim Thorpe or Bed Grange, or if a young person graduates from a dramatic or actors’ school desiring or planning to become a Sarah Bernhardt, Ethel Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Edwin Booth or a movie star like Clark Gable or Marilyn Monroe — what is the measure of damages in that case? How far can speculation be stretched in order to measure and justify damages for possible future loss?
In the Hall appeal, I would grant defendants a new trial.