Cajun Operating Co. v. Elijah

DONALDSON, Judge.

Cajun Operating Company1 (“COC”) appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court (“the trial court”) entered in favor of Arthur Elijah after a jury returned a verdict assessing damages in favor of Elijah and against COC. COC argues that the trial court erred in denying its motion for a judgment as a matter of law following the presentation of the evidence and that it erred in giving an instruction to the jury that Elijah could receive damages for a permanent injury and in giving an instruction regarding the amount of medical expenses Elijah could recover. Because the…