Butler v. State Department of Corrections

Defendants 1 appeal a second amended judgment for noneconomic, economic, and punitive damages in favor of plaintiff. They assign as error the failure of the trial court to give their requested jury instruction No. 7. Defendants also assign error to the trial court’s order designating the judgment nunc pro tunc to the date of the original judgment and ordering that interest on the damages awarded to plaintiff accrue from the date of entry of the original judgment and not from the date of entry of the second amended judgment. Plaintiff cross-appeals from the order directing a verdict dismissing…