Hopper v. Gallant

Plaintiff, a farm worker, was injured while an employee of defendants. Both parties appeal from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff for two thousand dollars general damages and $1,734 special damages.

Defendants argue that the trial court erred when it denied their motion for dismissal at the end of all of the evidence, and when it refused to direct a verdict for them. They urge that the court should hold, as a matter of law, (1) that the defendants were not negligent, and plaintiff’s injury was the result of an unavoidable accident; (2) that plaintiff is barred from recovery by…