Legal Opinion
Savnik v. Hall
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 30, 1999No. C030006PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, J.
Defendant Opal Hall appeals from an order denying her motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) 1 following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs Sinisna Savnik and Michele Conant in their action for personal injuries as a result of an automobile accident.
Two questions are raised by this appeal: (1) was it error for the trial court to refuse to strike the noneconomic portion of plaintiff Savnik’s damages by retroactively applying Proposition 213 (Civ. Code, § 3333.4) to the case at bar?; and (2) did Conant’s status on the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)…
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