Hester v. Bandy

Jimmy Ray and Pam Hester have appealed from a j.n.o.v. entered in the circuit court of the first judicial district of Harrison County in favor of J.E. Bandy, doing business as Coast Auto Sales, following a jury verdict in favor of the Hesters. Because the court erred in entering a directed verdict in Bandy's favor because the tortfeasor Bill Evans was an independent contractor of Bandy's, we reverse.

FACTS

Hester was employed as a sheetrock hanger in Harrison County. He, his wife Pam, and five children lived in a mobile home on Marie Road. Pam's mother died from injuries sustained in an…