Golden v. Big Bear Foods, Inc.

Plaintiff brought this wrongful death action to recover damages caused by the death of Seymour Golden, plaintiff’s intestate. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $20,000, upon which verdict the court entered judgment. Defendant filed a post-trial motion asking for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The court overruled the post-trial motion in its entirety, and it is from that order that defendant appeals. No questions are raised on the pleadings.

Defendant’s theory is that there was no evidence in the case showing that…