City of El Paso v. W.E.B. Investments

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

The City of El Paso appeals a judgment following jury trial awarding plaintiffs J.J. Wilkinson, David Bingham, and W.E.B. Investments (W.E.B.) $18,641. The City claims that it established, as a matter of law, its affirmative defense of sovereign immunity and that the trial court erred in not granting its motion for directed verdict and its motion for judgment n.o.v. The City also complains that the trial court erred in granting the plaintiffs’ motion to disregard jury findings and increasing the damage award. We affirm the liability findings, but reform the damage award…