Wingad v. John Deere & Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that, where the basis for an objection to a jury instruction on appeal is not the same as at trial, the objection is not preserved for appellate review
• “There is a split of authority as to this issue in both the federal and state courts.”
• “[Reduction to present value for future loss of earnings is not exactly a mitigation of damages issue, but a comparable concept.”
• a plaintiff is not required to prove present value to recover future damages
• “The introduction of present value evidence, including the discount rate, reduces the plaintiff’s award. Logically, it would be in the best interest of the defendant to introduce such evidence because reduction for present value benefits the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).