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WYSER v. RAY SUMLIN CONST. CO., INC.

1940661, 1940742.

680 So.2d 235 (1996)

Ralph WYSER v. RAY SUMLIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., and Buddy Squire, Inc. RAY SUMLIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. Ralph WYSER.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Lorant, Birmingham, for appellant/cross appellee Ralph Wyser.

Mark E. Spear of Richardson, Daniell, Spear & Upton, P.C., Mobile, for appellees/cross appellants.

INGRAM, Justice.

Ralph Wyser was injured at his place of employment when he fell into an unguarded elevator shaft. He sued Ray Sumlin Construction Company, Inc. (hereinafter "Sumlin"), for negligently failing to properly guard the elevator opening. The jury awarded $500,000 in compensatory damages, and the trial court entered a judgment. Sumlin moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The trial court, 85 days later...

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