Gipson v. Phillips

How courts have described this case

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• affirming award of lost earnings calculated using plaintiffs average weekly income doing odd jobs and grading work prior to the date of injury
• including as lost earnings retiree’s anticipated profits derived from odd jobs
• testimony from injured plaintiff and wife as to amount retired plaintiff earned and cleared from odd jobs sufficient to determine “probable lost profits”
• testimony from injured plaintiff and wife as to amount retired plaintiff earned and cleared from odd jobs sufficient to determine “probable lost profits”
• testimony from injured plaintiff and wife as to the amount retired plaintiff earned and cleared from odd jobs was sufficient to determine “probable lost profits”
• lump sum verdict was “within the range of the evidence at trial which showed property damage to the van, medical bills, pain and suffering, and [the plaintiff’s] inability to work around the house and yard and care for the animals”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).