Cheshire v. Putman

In two separate appeals, Gene William Cheshire and Allstate Electric Company, Inc. (“Allstate Electric”), the defendants below, appeal the trial court’s judgment, entered following jury verdicts in the plaintiffs’ favor, and its subsequent denial of their renewed motions for a judgment as a matter of law (“JML”). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Facts and Procedural History

Cheshire is an employee of Allstate Electric, an electrical contractor headquartered in Birmingham. On August 25, 2006, Cheshire, who lives in Hanceville, was in Jasper, working as a supervisor at an Allstate…