Reaver v. Barlly

On November 19, 1974, a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County (Turnbull, J., presiding) awarded H. Glen Reaver, plaintiff-appellant, compensatory damages in the sum of $60,000 at the conclusion of a negligence action. He had instituted suit individually and to the use of Hartford Insurance Group,1 against three individuals (Martin Barlly, G. P. Van Hessen and F. R. Vigeveno) trading as Van Hessen and Company, defendants-appellees. On March 10, 1975, the trial court granted appellees’ motion for judgment n.o.v. because, Judge Turnbull stated:

“There is no evidence of negligence on the…