512 So. 2d 1225 - Johnson v. Pepperman’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “In reviewing damage awards, the appellate standard of review is whether the trier of fact abused its discretion. Reck v. Stevens, 373 So.2d 498 (La.1979); Gravois v. Succession of Trauth, 498 So.2d 140 (La.App. 5 Cir.1986). To determine whether a jury abused its discretion in making the award the court must closely examine the particular facts of the case before it, since no two cases are fully alike. Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc., 341 So.2d 332 (La.1976); Reck v. Stevens, supra; Rutherford v. Jenkins, 449 So.2d 701 (La.App. 5 Cir.1984). Where it has been determined that the trial court abused its discretion, the award can only be raised (or lowered) to the lowest (or highest) point which is reasonably within the discretion of the trial court. Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc., supra.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Finkelstein v. Pena