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JAMES E. STRATES SHOWS, INC. v. JAKOBIK

554 S.W.2d 613 (1977)

JAMES E. STRATES SHOWS, INC., Petitioner, v. Jack Louis JAKOBIK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

August 15, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh C. Gracey, Jr., Gracey, Maddin, Cowan & Bird, Nashville, for petitioner.

James C. Vance, Nashville, for respondent.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Plaintiff sued defendants for personal injuries received in defendants' "fun house" on the Midway at the State Fair. After an adverse jury verdict, plaintiff's motion for a new trial was granted on November 10, 1975. The order expressed the dissatisfaction of the trial judge, as thirteenth juror, with the verdict of the jury.

On November 12, 1975, defendants filed a one sentence motion, "... to ask this Court to reconsider...

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