Stroud v. Golson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Damages awarded by a jury are to be reviewed in the light most favorable to the prevailing party. O'Riley v. City of Shreveport, 30,107 (La.App. 2d Cir.01/23/98), 706 So.2d 213 . The discretion vested in the trier of fact is great, such that an appellate court should rarely disturb an award of general damages. Youn v. Maritime Overseas Corp., 623 So.2d 1257 (La.1993). Reasonable persons frequently disagree about the measure of general damages; therefore, it is only when the award is beyond that which a reasonable trier of fact could assess for the effects of the particular injury to the particular plaintiff under the particular circumstances that the appellate court should increase or reduce the award. Id.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. LeBlanc v. Barry · Marien v. General Ins. Co. of America