Williams v. Tysinger

FRYE, Justice.

In this appeal plaintiff raises the single issue of whether the trial court correctly granted a directed verdict to defendants because plaintiff failed to make a showing that defendants had any prior knowledge, actual or constructive, that their horse had any dangerous or vicious propensities. The Court of Appeals held that the directed verdict was properly granted because plaintiff failed to produce any evidence that defendants had knowledge of the horse’s vicious propensities or evidence that a reasonable person would have had such knowledge. We conclude that under the facts…