Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., Inc. v. Sealy

Defendant/appellant, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A P) appeals from a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff/appellee, James Sealy, $185,000 as compensation for property damage and personal injuries which he alleged were proximately caused by the negligence of a truck driver employed by A P in parking an A P truck on a paved improved shoulder of a busy street within the police jurisdiction of Mobile, Alabama. A P contends the trial judge should have directed a verdict in its favor because the evidence was insufficient, as a matter of law, to prove its truck driver's…