City of Hammond v. Rossi

MILLER, Judge.

John J. Rossi, a City of Hammond firefighter, was electrocuted and died while working on July 8, 1982. Katherine Rossi, his widow and administratrix of his estate, brought a wrongful death suit against multiple parties, all of whom settled or were dismissed before trial except the City of Hammond, his employer. The jury rendered a verdict for Rossi and against the City in the sum of $987,995.00. The trial court entered judgment on the verdict in that sum, and then reduced the amount by $108,704.00 for the present value of payments received by Rossi from joint tort-feasors under…