Culler v. Hamlett

BIGGS, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s order granting directed verdict in favor of defendants, Stacy and Houston Hamlett, in an action for personal injuries. In addition to the Hamletts, plaintiff sued a third defendant, Anthony Dale Green. The trial against defendant, Green, was severed from the trial against the Hamletts and reported in a separate opinion. For the reasons herein, we affirm the trial court’s grant of directed verdict in favor of the Hamletts.

The evidence at trial tended to show the following: On 30 June 1993, at approximately 3:00 a.m., plaintiff left work in…