LaTray v. Mannix Electric Co.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from an order vacating the jury verdict in favor of the defendants and granting a new trial.

The plaintiff-respondent is the adoptive father and the natural grandfather of Judith Grace Putro and Kenneth Putro, who were injured in an automobile-truck collision. The plaintiff-respondent will be referred to as the plaintiff. The defendants-appellants are the driver of the truck involved in the collision and his employer, and they will be referred to as the defendants.

The plaintiff brought this action under…