Crawford v. Andrew Systems, Inc.

BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Lynda Crawford (ad-ministratrix of the estates of decedents Lois Vivian Parker Kelley and James Wayne Kelley) and Cynthia Lucas (mother and Next Friend of minor Jonathan Lucas) appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. The district court, in the absence of a motion for a directed verdict, granted a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”). Appellants argue that the district court improperly granted the JNOV. We agree and reverse.

*1152This case concerns a motor vehicle accident which occurred on…