Bodet v. Zibilich

DUFRESNE, Judge.

This suit arises from an automobile accident. Anthony Zibilich and Insurance Company of North America (INA), defendants-appellants, stipulated as to liability, and a jury trial was held on the question of quantum. A verdict was returned in the amount of $533,000 in favor of Walter Bo-det, plaintiff-appellee. Of that amount, some $260,000 was for future loss of earnings. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to permit the defendants to substitute an economics expert not listed in the pre-trial order, for the expert listed and…