Decatur's Best Taxi Service, Inc. v. Smith

Bernes, Judge.

Decatur’s Best Taxi Service, Inc. and Gerald Haynes appeal from a jury verdict rendered in favor of appellee James Smith for injuries that Smith sustained after being struck by a taxicab driven by Haynes, an employee of Decatur’s Best. Decatur’s Best contends that the trial court erred in failing to grant a directed verdict in its favor on the issue of respondeat superior. Both appellants further argue that the trial court erroneously instructed the jury with respect to the method by which it should calculate damages in the event that it found that Smith was comparatively…