Landreth v. Reed

I concur with the opinion of this Court. It is a rare occasion for this Court to reduce a jury verdict, but our reduction of the damages from $65,000.00 for pain and suffering to the sum of $30,000.00 still leaves the award as the highest ever sustained by an appellate court in this State for a minor child in a death case though it is not the highest award in the nation. 49 A.L.R.3d 934 (1973).

An eminent Texas jurist, T. C. Chadick, once said:

“In a world so full of pain and suffering it is strange that no one has perfected a gauge that will accurately measure its value. . . .” Texarkana Bus…