Frederick v. Goff

Plaintiff, Frederick, was severely injured in the course of his employment as a farm hand for defendant, Goff. In this law action plaintiff alleges the injury was caused by defendant’s negligence in providing defective equipment for plaintiff to work with. Trial resulted in a jury verdict for plaintiff upon which judgment was entered.

Defendant-appellant’s sole contention here is that he was entitled to a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the jury verdict for three basic reasons: (1) There is no evidence of defendant’s negligence; (2) the alleged negligence was not the proximate…