Hogg v. Raven Contractors, Inc.

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal arises from the superior court’s denial of a motion for a new trial. The verdict at issue arose from a negligence action that Donald Hogg brought against Raven Contractors and Kenai Peninsula Borough after Hogg fell into a trash container at the Kenai Transfer Facility. Although the jury found that Raven, the operator of the facility, had been negligent, it determined that Raven’s negligence was not a legal cause of Hogg’s injury. Hogg’s subsequent motion for a new trial was denied, and he claims on appeal that the trial court did not apply the…