Havert v. Steinberg

PALMORE, Judge.

This is a personal injury case in which the trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, Calvin Steinberg, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence. The plaintiff, Michael Havert, appeals from the ensuing judgment of dismissal, contending that instead of a peremptory against him, he was entitled to a summary judgment in his favor. The facts are virtually undisputed and had been fully developed by pretrial depositions when the motion for summary judgment was made.

Steinberg and Havert lived in the same vicinity and worked for the General Electric Company near Louisville. It…