Travelers Insurance Co. v. Odoms

JOHNSON, Judge.

Appellants seek reversal of a final judgment, entered pursuant to jury verdict, awarding appellee $20,000.00 as compensatory damages as a result of appellant having brought forgery charges against appel-lee.

While an appellate court is always reluctant to substitute its judgment for that of a jury in regard to the amount of damages to be awarded, it is the Court’s duty to review the evidence and to reverse if it is found that the verdict and judgment are, as a matter of law, not supported by sufficient evidence or based upon evidence improperly submitted to the jury. It is our…