Court Opinion

ID: 9660446
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 22:13:48.723979+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:19.546221
License: Public Domain

DON BURGESS, Justice,
concurring.
I concur. While I do not agree with the majority on the non-applicability of the discovery rule, I would affirm based on the jury finding of waiver. The jury found Mr. Ehl’s actions or inactions constituted a waiver of his right to claim conversion. The trial judge disregarded this jury question finding there was no evidence to support it. There was evidence that Damon Webb, Mr. Ehl’s lessee, discussed a “trade-out” of the old pumps in the Spring of 1997. There was also evidence that in the Fall of 1997, Mr. Ehl actually used the new pumps and discussed them with Webb. There was additional evidence that Mr. Ehl was told in August of 1999 that the two pumps had been sold for $9,000 and the money had been retained by Mr. Steinhagen. In May of 2000, Kim Chavez assumed the Webb lease and pumps were reinstalled. All of this is some evidence of waiver as it was defined for the jury. Consequently, I would hold the trial judge erred in disregarding the jury finding, sustain issue one, and reverse and render a take-nothing judgment.