RUCKER v. GOLDSTEIN

85-615.

497 So.2d 491 (1986)

Neva RUCKER a/k/a Mrs. Lewis Rucker v. Fred GOLDSTEIN.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

October 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Heninger of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, for appellant.

John B. Tally, Jr., and Barbara F. Olschner of Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville, Birmingham, for appellee.


SHORES, Justice.

The single issue presented on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, after a jury verdict for the plaintiff in a dogbite case.

On January 18, 1980, appellant Neva Rucker was attacked and injured by a dog while picking up the afternoon paper from her yard. According to appellant, the attack lasted for approximately five minutes, during which time the dog pulled...

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