Harris v. Harman

This appeal arises from an automobile accident involving two vehicles. On August 1, 1992, Julian David Harman, Jr., was driving Tracy Lee Sweeney and two of his friends home from the Franklin County Speedway about 11:00 p.m. when a second vehicle, driven by Mark Brian Harris, approached Harman’s vehicle from the rear. For some distance, Harris “tailgated” the Harman vehicle; that is, the Harris vehicle “would get ‘real close’ ” to the rear of the Harman vehicle. The two vehicles were traveling at speeds estimated at 40 to 60 m.p.h., well above the 30 m.p.h. speed which was safe for that…