Elan v. Tate

*77In this personal injury case, defendant appeals a judgment awarding plaintiff economic and noneconomic damages, contending that plaintiff's evidence was insufficient to show that plaintiff suffered permanent injury. Consequently, defendant contends, the trial court erred in instructing the jury on permanent injury and presenting the jury with information from mortality tables. We agree with defendant and, accordingly, reverse and remand.1

We summarize all the relevant evidence to evaluate "whether there was some evidence in the record from which the jury could have reached a verdict that was…