Tucker v. Sandlin

Defendants appeal as of right from the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict of $80,000 in favor of plaintiff. On appeal, defendants raise numerous issues, none of which require reversal.

Defendants first urge that the trial court erred as a matter of law in denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. According to defendants, plaintiff failed to present sufficient evidence to raise a jury question as to the issues of negligence, duty and proximate cause. We disagree. We note that a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict should be denied if, viewing the facts in a…