Canavin

Canavin v. Pacific Southwest Airlines

Bad Law

148 Cal. App. 3d 512·196 Cal. Rptr. 82·1983 Cal. App. LEXIS 2323

Court of Appeal of CaliforniaOctober 28, 1983Civ. 24595California15,478 words

Opinion

Work, J.

Madonna Canavin, individually and as guardian ad litem for her three children, appeals the $750,000 lump-sum jury judgment in a wrongful death action against Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) after a plane crash killed Joseph Reed Canavin, her husband and their father. She contends the trial court erred in: (1) not instructing the jury to award damages for grief and sorrow; (2) improperly considering decedent’s income taxes in determining future pecuniary losses; (3) excluding relevant evidence so as to deprive them of a fair trial; (4) improperly denying prejudgment interest; (5) failing to acquire individual jury verdicts for each heir; and (6) engaging in other misconduct.

The doctrine of stare decisis and the state of the pleadings in this case force us to conclude the trial court properly refused to instruct on grief and sorrow. We redetermine a portion of our decision in Fox v. Southwest Airlines (1982) 133 Cal.App.3d 565 [ 184 Cal.Rptr. 87 ], and hold the Canavins are entitled to prejudgment interest on that portion of the award representing their economic loss before the date of judgment. We hold the jury returning a single, unallocated lump-sum verdict…

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Parties

MADONNA CANAVIN
Plaintiff
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
Defendant

Judges

Work

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