Legal Opinion

LaMartina v. Hannah

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided August 8, 1984No. WD 34639PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Judge.

In a suit for damages for personal injuries, respondents Salvatore LaMartina, Beverly LaMartina and Robert Brostoski had judgments on jury verdicts rendered against appellants Grover Hannah and Robert Baker for actual and punitive damages. Appellants contend the trial court erred in permitting comment to be made about Hannah’s conviction under a charge in municipal court, because the verdicts were against the weight of the evidence in the case and because the amounts of the verdicts were excessive. Affirmed.

The evidence in this case reported in 600 pages of trial transcript may…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Parker v. PineMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Nichols v. BlakeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
  3. Strickner v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
  4. Pruiett v. WilformSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. James v. PaulSupreme Court of Missouri · 2001
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  3. Dayton Construction, Inc. v. MeinhardtMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. Roark Motor Lodge Interval Sales Corp. v. LindnerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Sanders v. Hartville Milling Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2000

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