Palmer v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

I dissent from the opinion of the majority.

*127Any group of people who, without a qualm, would take $1.5 million from a severely brain damaged man who can no longer care for himself in order to protect the secret maneuverings of a few lawyers, ought to have a better familiarity with the record than is demonstrated by the majority’s opinion.

After carefully reviewing the record, I conclude that the majority opinion has distorted the rulings of the District Court; ignored and wasted hours of conscientious service by the jurors who served in this case; and unjustly treated the victim whose efforts to…