Hickman v. Allen

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Charlotte Hickman appeals the grant of directed verdict to defendant Margaret C. Allen, her former landlord, in Hickman’s suit for damages on account of being robbed, raped, strangled and sodomized by Eddie Bradford. Bradford was a worker authorized by Allen’s property manager Suzanne Roberts to perform repair work in Hickman’s cottage. Hickman sued Allen, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Roberts’ husband O. M. Roberts and his company Roberts Development, Inc. (RDI), which employed Bradford. Allen was released by directed verdict. After four days of trial, the jury returned a…