Garrison v. Hodge

Roxanne Garrison and her employer, Mercy Home Health Berryville (collectively, Mercy), bring this appeal from a judgment entered by the Boone County Circuit Court on a jury's verdict awarding Charles Hodge ("Bill") and Mary Hodge a total of $5.21 million arising out of a collision between a motorcycle and a car.1 Mercy argues *111that the circuit court erred in instructing the jury; in permitting counsel for the Hodges to make an improper closing argument; and in denying Mercy's motion for a new trial or remittitur because of excessive damages. We affirm.

The collision occurred at approximately…