Pat Baker Co., Inc. v. Wilson

The issue we are asked to decide is whether, in a case involving several plaintiffs, the fact that an appellate court reverses a judgment in favor of one plaintiff on the basis that the amount of damages awarded to that party was against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence empowers it to reverse the judgment against all other plaintiffs without finding any error with regard to them. We conclude that the court of appeals should not have reversed the entire judgment and remanded all parties for a new trial without first finding error as to each plaintiff. Accordingly, we reverse…