Laster v. Tilley

David Newbern, Justice.

The appellant, Shirley Laster, sued her next door neighbor, the appellee Sharon Tilley, for battery. Tilley counterclaimed for trespass and battery. The jury awarded damages to Tilley, and Laster appealed the judgment. Laster claimed Tilley ran her down with her riding lawnmower, and Tilley claimed Laster attacked her while she was on the lawnmower. Laster contends the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict against her and that the court erred in admitting into evidence a tape recording of a telephone conversation in which she made profane and unflattering…