Barnes v. Fernandez

This is an appeal from that portion of a judgment upon a directed verdict in favor of the defendant Jay Brown. He was the owner of a truck with which the plaintiff’s automobile collided and was also the employer of the defendant Fernandez, who was the operator of the truck at the time of the accident. The plaintiff sustained extensive personal injuries and the jury re turned a verdict in his favor and against the defendant Fernandez in the sum of $64,677.46. The basis for the defendant Brown’s motion for directed verdict was that the defendant Fernandez, his employee, was not engaged upon the…