Underwood v. Butler

Birdsong, Judge.

Grace C. Underwood sued Harold Butler d/b/a Butler Iron & Metal Works for damages for pain and suffering arising out of her vehicle’s collision, at night, with a large trailer parked by Butler on the street in a no-parking zone without warning lights or reflectors. The evidence showed essentially that the trailer for about a year had, in violation of the law, been parked on this street, which was Mrs. Underwood’s best route to work (night-shift). Because of the trailer she had begun to take other, longer routes for some time, but these other routes became dangerous and…