Seifert v. Bland

I concur in the result of the majority’s decision which prohibits the consideration of the loss of the quality and enjoyment of life as a separate element, but wish to explain the reasoning behind my dissent in Canfield v. Sandock (1989), Ind.App., 546 N.E.2d 1237, and my concurrence with the result reached here today, to prevent any misperceived contradiction between the two.

In Canfield, the majority opinion held that “it is proper for juries to consider the injury’s effect upon loss of enjoyment of life as a factor in calculating damages and not as an independent basis of recovery.”…