Gilluly v. Miller

Plaintiff, Shaun Gilluly, appeals from the decision of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court disallowing as costs the expense of videotaped depositions used by the plaintiff at trial in which the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. We reverse.

Background

Plaintiff Shaun Gilluly filed a complaint for injuries he received to his neck and upper back in a rear-end collision caused by the defendant, Kie Miller. Gilluly sought recovery under a negligence claim for his compensatory damages and also sought punitive damages on the basis that Miller was highly intoxicated when he caused the…