Gwendolyn E. Odom v. R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Respondent.

Summary

The court quashed the district court's decision reversing a multimillion-dollar noneconomic damages award to an adult child in a wrongful-death action. It held that the district court misapplied the abuse-of-discretion standard by failing to defer to the trial court and by relying on a categorical limitation for financially independent adult children. The court reinstated the final judgment and disapproved contrary decisions to the extent inconsistent with its ruling.