Clinton Foods, Inc., a Corporation v. Marvin Youngs

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

In this diversity case, Marvin Youngs, plaintiff below, employee of contractor engaged in work on defendant’s premises, obtained a jury verdict and judgment for $80,000, as damages for personal injuries received from electrical shock. Clinton Foods, Inc., defendant below, filed timely motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which were denied, and this appeal followed. We shall refer to the parties as designated in the trial court.

We have for determination the sole question of whether, under the evidence, the jury could properly find…