Thieme v. Tour-Toiseshell, Inc.

SIMON, Judge.

Plaintiff, Lawrence Thieme, appeals from the trial court’s granting of a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (J.N.O.V.) by defendant, Tour-Toiseshell, Inc., following a jury verdict against defendant for damages in the amount of $100,-000.00. Plaintiff brought a claim against defendant, a New York corporation, for injuries he sustained when a box being loaded onto a truck fell and struck him on the head. His sole point on appeal is that the trial court erred in finding that he was a “statutory employee” of defendant at the time he was injured, thereby limiting him to…