Legal Opinion
Pettigrew v. Grand Rent-A-Car
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 6, 1984No. Civ. 67527PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DANIELSON, J.
Duchess Pettigrew appeals from an order made after judgment correcting the amount of the judgment by reducing the award of damages to $15,000 to conform to the limit fixed by Vehicle Code section 17151. The issue presented is whether a court has the power to correct its judgment, after it has been entered, by reducing the amount of a jury verdict to the amount of the maximum liability prescribed by law. We affirm.
Facts
Appellant was injured when a vehicle in which she was a passenger was involved in an accident. She filed an action for damages against the driver of the…
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