State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Midgett

David Newbern, Justice.

Billy C. Midgett, the appellee, was awarded damages, a statutory penalty, and attorney’s fee against State Farm Insurance Company (State Farm), the appellant. The claim arose from an accident in which Mr. Midgett’s tractor and sprayer attachment, which operated from the tractor’s power takeoff, were damaged in a collision with another vehicle. State Farm contends the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and, in the alternative, that its motion for a new trial should have been granted due to trial errors. While we cannot say the evidence was insufficient to…