Carvajal v. Penland

BLACK, Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Leonor Rissotto Carvajal, and Sergio Carvajal, appellants here and defendants in a personal injury lawsuit below, raise three claims of error. First, they argue that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to order a new trial based upon the improper testimony of Karen Penland, appellee here and plaintiff below, and upon her counsel’s improper closing argument. State Farm and the Carvajals next argue that the trial court reversibly erred in failing to order a new trial or a remittitur because the jury…