Veal v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.

GLADNEY, Judge.

This action seeks recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by Henry Veal, an elderly Negro, when struck by an automobile being moved within the garage portion of the premises of Pearce Motor Company by its employee, H. H. Hale. The defendants deny liability, asserting an absence of actionable negligence on the part of Hale, and alternatively pleading as a bar to his right of recovery that Veal was guilty of contributory negligence. The case was tried on the merits and after a consideration of the issues so presented, judgment was rendered rejecting plaintiff’s…