St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Jackson

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

I concur in all of the court’s application of the “law of the case” except as to that portion relating to the mental anguish award to grandparents. I do not think that the doctrine has any application to this part of the judgment of the court below. While the rule is a necessary and salutary one, its recognized harshness should not be extended beyond those situations in which it is necessary, particularly to reach a patently erroneous result, as is the case here. I have been unable to find any ease where this court has made the doctrine applicable to a situation of…