Highfield v. Liberty Christian Academy

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County.

The jury returned a general verdict in favor of plaintiffs Edward, Nancy and Gregory Highfield in the amount of $50,000. Plaintiffs contended at trial that the jurors should have been polled to determine whether the jury intended only to award total damages in the sum of $50,000. The trial court refused counsel’s request to poll the jury in the manner requested by the plaintiffs and affirmed the jury’s verdict. The trial court denied plaintiffs’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, but granted…