Dougherty v. Gifford

GRANT, Judge, partially

dissenting.

I dissent only from that portion of the opinion ordering a remittitur.

The jury heard evidence about how Russell Gifford was told that he had two days to get his affairs in order; that his esophageal cancer was so serious that there was not time for a second opinion, and that he must immediately begin radiation and chemotherapy treatments; about the emotional trauma he suffered when he told his father and his four children; about how he turned his hardware store over to his oldest son; and about how he wondered if he would get to see another Christmas with his…