O'BRIEN v. Martin

BECK, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiffs-appellants, John F. O’Brien and Carol O’Brien, and against appellee, Cornell Iron Company, Inc., in an action in which appellants sought to recover for injuries sustained by Mr. O’Brien when he fell while performing construction work. Although the O’Briens succeeded in winning a verdict, they now seek a new trial because they contend that numerous trial errors resulted in the jury assessing an unfairly low damage award. We find that under the facts of this case the trial court erred in instructing the jury that Mr. O’Brien was…