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BIGBOY v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO

Docket No. 28615.

154 Cal.App.3d 397 (1984)

201 Cal. Rptr. 226

DANA LEE BIGBOY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

April 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brian D. Monaghan, Louis E. Goebel, Cheryl Shensa and Goebel & Monaghan for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lloyd M. Harmon, Jr., County Counsel, Howard P. Brody, Chief Deputy County Counsel, Charles A. Viviano and Thomas Lundmark, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

STANIFORTH, J.

This appeal concerns statutory limits on the trial judge's discretion to issue a conditional new trial order based on his personal opinion the damages were excessive.

FACTS

Dana Lee Bigboy, age 17, was rendered a paraplegic when the car in which he was a passenger skidded off the outside of a curve and down a steep embankment. A lawsuit was filed naming the County of San Diego (County) and...

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