applying the rule in a case involving six theories of negligence
How later courts described this case
- applying the rule in a case involving six theories of negligence
- declining to consider objections to negligent selection of independent contractor theory because there was sufficient evidence of employer-employee relationship
- "we hold that where a jury returns a general verdict involving two or more issues and its verdict is supported as to at least one issue, the verdict will not be reversed"
- a verdict will not be reversed where a jury returns a general verdict in a case involving two or more issues or defenses and the jury’s verdict is supported by at least one issue or defense
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Lewis, Chief Justice,
concurring in result.
Since, in my opinion, the exceptions present no ground for reversal of the judgment, I find it unnecessary to base affirmance upon the “two-issue rule” adopted in the majority opinion. I, therefore, limit my concurrence to the result.