Morris v. United Sanitation Services

We affirm the trial court’s order granting United Sanitation Services’s motion for a new trial on the issue of damages only and thus need not reach the issues presented in United’s cross-appeal.

Eugene Morris sued United and others for damages arising out of a motor vehicle accident between Morris’s automobile and a garbage truck owned by United. Following a jury trial a verdict was returned establishing liability, apportioning negligence and setting damages. The trial court in its order granting a new trial on the issue of damages only made the following findings:

[T]he evidence was…