PARKER BLDG. SERVICES CO., INC. v. Lightsey

This case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff Shiann Lightsey, as mother and next friend of her minor child Kace Lightsey. The trial court entered a judgment on the jury's verdict, and Parker Building Services Company, Inc., the defendant below, moved for a new trial. The trial court denied the motion. Parker Building appeals. We reverse and remand.

I

On May 1, 2001, Kace Lightsey, a five-year-old boy, went with his older sister and their mother, Shiann Lightsey, to a facility in Homewood, Alabama, used by the Alabama Academy of Fast Pitch Softball.…