Beddingfield v. Linam

MAIN, Justice.

Jim Cody Beddingfield and his parents, Jimmy Larry Beddingfield and Rebecca M. Beddingfield, the defendants in this action, appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Trace Rex Li-nam, the plaintiff in this action, and from the trial court’s order denying their post-judgment motion for a judgment as a matter of law (“JML”) or for a new trial. We reverse, render a judgment in part, and remand.

*1180I. Factual Background and Procedural History

On July 2, 2004, Jimmy Larry Bedding-field (“Larry”) and his wife Rebecca M. Beddingfield (“Becky”) were preparing for a family…