Kenyatta Donta Cheeks v. AutoZone, Inc.

RANDOLPH, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Kenyatta Cheeks was entering an AutoZone store when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Jason Johnson. The jury returned a verdict for Cheeks in the amount of $2,580,000, finding that Auto-Zone was forty-five percent at fault and Johnson was fifty-five percent at fault. The trial' court entered judgment in the sum of $1,161,000, with interest at the rate of five percent per annum from the date of judgment until the amount is paid in full. Later, the trial court granted AutoZone’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV). Cheeks…