Edwards v. Hammerly Oaks, Inc.

OPINION

HUTSON-DUNN, Justice.

The appellant, Darrel Edwards, a tenant of Hammerly Oaks Apartments, was assaulted with a knife by two contract employees of the appellee, Hammerly Oaks, Inc., on the premises owned and managed by Hammerly Oaks. Edwards sued Hammerly Oaks for negligence and gross negligence, and the jury entered a verdict in his favor on the issues of negligence, compensatory damages, gross negligence, and exemplary damages. The trial court granted Hammerly Oaks’ motion to disregard the jury’s findings as to gross negligence and exemplary damages on the basis that no evidence…