Bradford v. Verkler

Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Cabot police office Thomas Verkler, sued appellant for a leg injury he received when kicked by the appellant; the complaint alleged both negligence and assault and battery as the cause of the injury. Appellant appeals an $8,250.00 jury verdict alleging that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in his favor on the issue of negligence, there being no substantial evidence as a matter of law for the jury’s consideration on this theory.

In determining on appeal the correctness of the trial court’s action concerning a motion for a directed…