Campbell v. Employers Ins. Co. of Ala.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiff $31,796.42 in an action for property damage and loss of use of a commercial vehicle. The issues raised by the appealing defendant concern the correctness of certain jury instructions and whether the trial court erred in not directing a verdict in the defendant's favor. We affirm.

Prior to the accident made the basis of the present lawsuit, the defendant William Campbell had contracted to sell a house that he owned in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to a Mr. Ashcroft. The agreement required Campbell to move and deliver the…