Glanton v. Huff

Jeraline Glanton, plaintiff below in a personal injury action, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Robert Huff. We reverse.

On September 14, 1978, at approximately 4:00 p.m., Mrs. Glanton was driving her automobile on the rain-slickened Ross Clark Circle in Dothan, Alabama. As she neared an intersection, she approached and stopped behind two cars which were stopped at a red light. While waiting for the light to change, Mrs. Glanton's 1975 Cadillac was struck from behind by an automobile driven by Robert Huff. At the time, Huff and his friend, Joe Sasser, were returning from…