GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY v. JONES

No. 18373.

294 F.2d 495 (1961)

GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, Appellant-Appellee, v. O. C. JONES, Appellee-Appellant. O. C. JONES, Appellee-Appellant, v. GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, Appellant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry T. Gray, Francis P. Conroy, Marks, Gray, Yates, Conroy & Gibbs, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

William D. Barfield, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee.

Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and WRIGHT, District Judge.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, O. C. Jones, sued the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, his employer, for damages for injuries received in the course of the plaintiff's employment. Jones was injured while unloading a refrigerator in an A & P warehouse, allegedly because of the negligence of the employer, its servants, agents, and employees. The case was tried before a jury. At the close of the evidence, the A & P moved for a directed verdict on...

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