TAYLOR v. OTTER TAIL CORP.

No. 06-2589.

484 F.3d 1016 (2007)

Gregory TAYLOR, Appellant, v. OTTER TAIL CORPORATION, et al., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Hoffman, argued, Bismarck, ND, for appellant.

Linda E. Bata, argued, Grand Forks, ND, for appellee Midcontinent Cable Company.

Thomas R. Olson, argued, Fargo, ND, for appellee Otter Tail Corporation.

Before WOLLMAN and MELLOY, Circuit Judges, and NANGLE, District Judge.


NANGLE, District Judge.

This appeal arises from the district court's reduction of a jury verdict in a personal injury case. While the district court's order is unclear as to the procedural vehicle it used to reduce the award, we conclude that the court remitted past and future economic damages. In accordance with the remittitur standard, we hold that the past and future economic damages awards were not so excessive as to shock the conscience, and reinstate the jury...

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