Cooley v. Paraho Development Corp.

Opinion by

Judge CRISWELL.

Plaintiff, Dennis Wayne Cooley, appeals from the trial court’s order striking the jury’s award of damages for economic losses and reducing the jury’s award for non-economic losses. Defendants, Paraho Development Corporation and Development Engineering, Inc., cross-appeal the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

This action arose out of an accident in which a motorcycle driven by plaintiff collided with another vehicle. Plaintiff suffered injuries including a ruptured stomach and the loss of his spleen,…