Valdez v. Lippard

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Loretta Valdez appeals from an order of the Scott County Circuit Court granting a remittitur in favor of her former attorney, Richard Lippard, that reduced her jury verdict in a breach-of-contract case against Lip-pard from $32,000 to $3,972.50, plus $1,500 in attorney fees. She also challenges the trial court’s refusal to give her proffered jury instruction on punitive damages. Regarding the remittitur, Valdez argues that the trial court erred in granting it because she was entitled to compensatory damages for disruption of her life, “serious anxiety,” and mental…