Vanoven v. Hardin

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This litigation was instituted by appellants to recover damages for having contracted dermatitis while chopping cotton which had been sprayed with an insecticide. At the close of the testimony by both sides the trial court instructed a verdict in favor of appellee on the ground that there was “no substantial evidence in the record upon which the jury could base a verdict, or finding of negligence, upon the part of the defendant . . . which was a proximate cause of the injuries complained of by plaintiffs.” Appellants now prosecute this appeal to reverse the trial…