Foote v. Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Electric Cooperative

STONE, Judge.

For the alleged wrongful death of their unmarried minor son, George T. Foote, III (hereinafter called George), his parents, as plaintiffs, sued Scott-New Madrid-Mississippi Electric Cooperative, as defendant, and upon trial obtained a jury verdict for $8,000. From the judgment entered thereon, defendant appeals. Its primary complaint that the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of all of the evidence requires a factual review, in which we should and do give appropriate recognition to the basic principle that, in determining…