Bullard v. Grisham Construction Co.

SIMMS, Vice Chief Justice:

Petition for certiorari was granted in this cause to review two issues decided by the Court of Appeals: (1) Whether the trial court’s entry of judgment notwithstanding the verdict and its upward alteration of the award to plaintiff after a hearing on motion for new trial was correct; (2) Whether the trial court properly refused to award attorneys fees and costs to defendant incurred subsequent to an offer of settlement where the jury returned a lessor amount than the offer.

This cause arose from a collision between plaintiff Bullard’s car traveling down a highway and…