ConAGRA, Inc. v. Masterson

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

This is an appeal by appellants (defendants below) from an order of the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, granting appellee’s (plaintiff below) motion for a new trial. Alternatively, appellants-defendants seek to review the same action by petition for a writ of mandamus. (For convenience sake, we shall hereafter refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendants.)

The action is a personal injury suit for damages, arising out of a collision between a car driven by plaintiff, John Keith Masterson, and a truck driven by defendant, George William Miller, and belonging to…