Gray v. Builders Square, Inc.

HANNA, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, Builders Square, appeals from a jury verdict finding it negligent in the installation of a privacy fence for the plaintiff, James D. Gray. The jury found that the defendant’s negligence had reduced the value of the plaintiffs house in the amount of $24,-000. The jury assessed plaintiffs comparative fault at twenty-five percent, and the court entered judgment in plaintiffs favor for $18,000. On appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict and the trial court’s instruction to the jury on agency.

In July 1991, the…