Brant v. Sorrells

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

A jury returned a defendant’s verdict in this wrongful death case. The trial court granted the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was clearly against the preponderance of the evidence. We affirm.

On Monday night, at about 10:00 p.m., Jeff Sorrells, the nineteen year old victim, phoned Diana Brant, the defendant’s seventeen year old daughter, and said that he needed to talk to her, in person, about something very important. Jeff lived across the street, and he and Diana had been friends since childhood. Diana told Jeff that she would…