Smith v. Hansen

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellants Jerry Smith and Brenda Smith, his wife, appeal on several bases but primarily from an order dismissing their negligence claim against the appellees Marilyn Hansen and Lynne Rice and from a remittitur order reducing their verdict for compensatory damages against Hansen and Rice from $250,000 to $100,000. Hansen and Rice, as appellees, assert as a cross-appeal the same point urged by the Smiths — that it was error for the trial court to dismiss the Smiths’ negligence claim. In addition, they argue on cross-appeal that the trial court erred in not granting…