![]() Reeder challenges the jury's verdict on past loss of consortium for the children and both past and future loss of consortium for Deborah. The jury awarded Derrick $100,000 for loss of consortium in the past and $75,000 for loss of consortium in the future. The Allports' son Derrick was in the ninth grade when his father was shot. The jury awarded Janna $100,000 for loss of consortium in the past and $25,000 for loss of consortium in the future. The Allports' daughter Janna was seventeen at the time of the incident and nineteen at the time of trial. The jury awarded Deborah $76,000 for past loss of consortium and $1,000,000 for future loss of consortium. Gregory and Deborah Allport had been married 23 years at the time of the trial. Nineteen months elapsed between the incident and the trial. As a result of permanent paralysis, Gregory is confined to a wheelchair. Gregory survived, spent twenty days in the hospital, spent another forty-two days in a Houston rehabilitation facility, and spent two and a half weeks in a Beaumont rehabilitation facility. On October 17, 2003, Richard Reeder shot Gregory Allport in the neck. We consider and weigh all of the evidence, and set aside the verdict only if it is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that the verdict is clearly wrong and unjust. 1986) (standard for remittitur of consortium and other damages). Complaints of excessive damages are subject to a factual sufficiency standard of review. The difficulty in quantifying the emotional and intangible elements of non-economic damages does not insulate the verdict from appellate review. Loss of consortium concerns "subjective states which present some difficulty in translating the loss into a dollar amount." Whittlesey, 572 S.W.2d at 667. Loss of consortium does not include an element of mental anguish. Factors considered in determining the amount of nonpecuniary damages for loss of the parent's love, affection, protection, emotional support, services, companionship, care, and society include "the severity of the injury to the parent and its actual effect upon the parent-child relationship, the child's age, the nature of the child's relationship with the parent, the child's emotional and physical characteristics, and whether other consortium giving relationships are available to the child." Id. ![]() A child may recover for loss of consortium when a parent suffers serious, permanent, and disabling injuries. A spouse may recover for the loss of the injured spouse's affection, solace, comfort, companionship, society, assistance, and sexual relations necessary to a successful marriage. Spousal consortium "primarily consists of the emotional or intangible elements of the marital relationship." Whittlesey, 572 S.W.2d at 666. Texas law recognizes causes of action for the loss of spousal and parental consortium. We hold the jury's findings are supported by factually sufficient evidence and the awards are not excessive. On appeal, Reeder challenges the factual sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury's verdict and contends the jury awarded excessive amounts for these categories of damages. ![]() The wife and children of Gregory Allport recovered damages for past and future loss of consortium arising from the accidental shooting of Gregory Allport by Richard K. INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIENDS OF JANNA KAY ALLPORT AND
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