State Farm v. Nelson

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

State Farm appeals following a jury trial in this wrongful death action filed after a car accident. The jury awarded plaintiffs $1,106,165.02 and found that one driver was ten percent negligent and the John Doe driver was ninety percent negligent. State Farm enumerates as error the trial court’s denial of its motion for directed verdict and motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (j.n.o.v.). State Farm also claims that the trial court erred in giving two jury charges and in allowing testimony that the John Doe driver was Hispanic. After reviewing the record,…