Hill v. Hyde

JAMES M. SMART, Jr., Judge.

Defendants Richard Hyde and Bowen Construction Company appeal the trial court ruling granting Plaintiff Hill a new trial on grounds of instructional error. The appellants contend that the instruction in question did not misstate the law and could not have caused any prejudice. They contend that the court erred in granting a new trial. Appellants also contend that the trial court erred in failing to grant the defendants a directed verdict because, appellants contend, the plaintiff did not make a submissible case. Finding that the trial court erred in granting a new…