Coleman v. Sopher

CLECKLEY, Justice:

The plaintiffs below and appellants herein, Mary Coleman, J. Wesley Coleman, and Michelle Coleman, appeal from the circuit court’s use of remittitur to reduce the amount of their jury award. The defendant below and appellee herein, Dr. Irvin Sopher, asserts that remittitur was proper and cross-assigns that the circuit court committed various other errors that prejudiced the defendant at trial. The circuit court at the request of the defendant and the acquiescence of the plaintiffs granted a new trial on the issue of damages. Before the commencement of the new trial, both…