Gelfo v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp.

HORTON, Judge.

The appellants, plaintiffs below, received a favorable jury verdict in an action upon an insurance contract for loss allegedly occasioned by lightning striking the seawall on appellants’ property causing it to collapse. The appellee moved for a directed verdict at the close of the trial and it was denied. After the jury verdict appellee renewed its motion for directed verdict or, in the alternative, a new trial. The trial judge set aside the jury verdict, granted a judgment in favor of appellee, and in the alternative, granted a new trial in the event the judgment in appellee’s…