Bass v. Hermiston Medical Center, P.C.

Plaintiff brought this personal injury action after falling on an icy sidewalk in front of defendants’ clinic. The jury found defendants 55 percent negligent and plaintiff 45 percent negligent and returned a verdict for $6,454.24 in economic damages and $0 in noneconomic damages. Plaintiff appeals, assigning error to the trial court’s refusal to reinstruct the jury after the verdict was returned and to its denial of her motion for a new trial. We affirm.

When the jury returned its verdict, plaintiff objected, because the jury had not awarded noneconomic damages, although it had awarded…