Joe W. King, Jr., et al. v. General Motors Corporation, et al.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether (1) the jury based its awards of damages for lost earning capacity and future medical expenses on speculation; (2) the trial court erred when it denied the defendants' motion in limine to exclude the testimony of the plaintiffs' medical experts; and (3) the trial court erred when it denied an award of prejudgment interest to the plaintiffs. The defendants contend that there was no material evidence to support the jury's awards of lost earning capacity and future medical expenses and that the trial court should have granted their motion in limine because the court was required to exclude the testimony of plaintiffs' medical experts as a sanction for plaintiffs' failure to include those medical experts as experts in the plaintiffs' responses to interrogatories. With regards to prejudgment interest, the plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred when it refused to award prejudgment interest because this type of award is applicable to some awards from personal injury cases. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.