Garcia v. Brulotte

The employers Brulotte appeal from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict alleging two issues: (1) the court erred in granting plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict; and (2) the court erred in receiving the verdict inasmuch as the same ten jurors did not agree as to the plaintiff's total damage and as to the percentage of negligence attributable to the plaintiff. We affirm.

Maria Garcia was injured while riding on the front of a farm tractor. She was standing on a metal frame holding onto a crossbar while the tractor was being driven from one area of a hop field to another by the…