5th Circuit Vacates $1 Million Award For Future Pain As Excessive

Mealey's (August 8, 2019, 10:31 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Discomfort that can be managed through nonprescription methods does not warrant a $1 million award for future physical pain, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Aug. 1, vacating and remanding for remittitur that portion of a $2.82 million jury award to a truck driver injured in a two-truck collision (Ambrosio Longoria v. Hunter Express Ltd., et al., No. 17-41042, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 23053)....