Cowart v. Kendall United Methodist Church

How courts have described this case

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• while verdict not inconsistent, no evidence to support it
• “[A] defendant’s initial challenge on appeal to a verdict for the injured spouse on the ground of inconsistency with a no damage finding in the derivative claim is barred by the failure to assert that position when the verdicts were returned.”
• counsel for appellants made election at oral argument for affirmance of judgment rather than for a new trial on claims of both husband and wife which might have resulted in a smaller total award than the one already returned for wife alone
• while verdict not inconsistent, no evidence to support it
• discussing the general rule’s applicability to correctable error

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