Crim v. Grantham

Webb, Judge.

Shelia Grantham brought suit against Roosevelt Crim for personal injuries allegedly sustained in an automobile collision. The evidence showed without substantial dispute that the defendant, while intoxicated, was operating an automobile in the wrong direction on a four-lane highway divided by a grassy median. The trial court had provided in the pre-trial order that it would charge, without further request from counsel, the avoidance doctrine and the comparative negligence rule. At trial, however, the court granted a directed verdict for plaintiff as to liability over defendant’s…