DeHanes v. Rothman

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

O’HERN, J.

This appeal concerns the right of an attorney during summation to suggest to a jury an aggregate sum or “bottom-line” figure to award for a claim of unliquidated economic damages. Specifically, the question is whether it was proper in this wrongful death action for the attorney for a decedent’s surviving spouse and children to argue to the jury that the family had suffered a loss of approximately $2 million, of which $1.5 million represented income anticipated to be earned over the remaining years of the interrupted life of their husband and…