Pearl v. City of Los Angeles

The trial court in its role as an independent factfinder had the authority to condition a denial of a new trial motion asserting excessive damages on plaintiff's acceptance of a reduced award in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure section 662.5. After a jury awarded plaintiff past and future noneconomic damages in his employment action, plaintiff agreed to a remittitur reducing past economic damages, and the trial court denied the city's new trial motion, entering an amended judgment. The Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's judgment and held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in conditionally granting the new trial motion on plaintiff's acceptance of a reduction in damages. View "Pearl v. City of Los Angeles" on Justia Law