Johnson v. Harris

OPINION

HOWARD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee brought suit against defendants-appellants to recover for the alleged wrongful death of her seven-year-old son. Denying defendants’ motion for a directed verdict, the court submitted the case to the jury, and the jury returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor in the amount of $65,000. Defendants moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict which was denied. Defendants’ appeal questions whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant a directed verdict for lack of evidence on the issue of proximate cause and whether there was sufficient…