Andrews v. Mosley Well Service

KNOLL, Judge.

Mosley Well Services, Inc., its employee, Virgil T. Holloway, and their insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, appeal a jury award of damages in favor of James Andrews for a back injury he suffered as the result of a vehicular accident. At the close of defendants’ case, the trial court granted Andrews’ motion for directed verdict. Without request from any of the attorneys representing the parties litigant, the trial court bifurcated the issues of liability and quantum. The trial court ruled on the issue of liability and found defendants liable; the jury returned a $671,000…