David Pittington v. Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud

DISSENT

It is tempting to join the court’s decision to reverse this $10,000 verdict and to go along with its conclusion that Pittington is entitled to more damages (apparently somewhere between $10,000 and $35,000) and is entitled to more prejudgment interest (apparently something more than $228). The financial stakes are not high. But I cannot “rebuke[ ]” the district court, supra at 800-01, for taking this case as it came to her. Perhaps because of the relatively small amount of money sought by Pittington, his counsel introduced some evidence of damages and neglected many other sources of…