Lorrain v. Ryan

Dooley,' J.

Plaintiffs Derek and Patricia Lorrain appeal the rulings of the Chittenden Superior Court on two post-judgment motions. The trial court (1) denied plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial on the issue of damages, in which plaintiffs argued that defendants failed to produce sufficient evidence for the jury to apportion damages and that the award of damages was grossly inadequate; and (2) granted defendants’ motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, in which defendants asserted that a damage award for loss of consortium was barred by the exclusivity provision of the workers’…