Daniels v. Banning

COIL, Commissioner.

Lawrence Daniels, plaintiff below, was injured when'he fell while assisting in moving a boat dock from the Lake of the Ozarlcs through a channel to White Branch Cove. A jury awarded him $8,500 as damages for personal injuries in his action against Calvin Banning; the owner and operator of the dock, and Banning’s employee, Carl Jackson. Calvin Banning alone has appealed from the ensuing judgment.

Banning contends first that the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for him on the ground that the evidence showed plaintiff was injured by the alleged negligent act of…