Cates v. Harris

Candler, Justice.

Nancy Lee Diane Cates, a minor, by and through her mother as next friend, brought a suit against Robert L. Harris for damages, alleging that he negligently struck and injured her with a Ford truck while she was crossing a street to board a public-school bus. The case resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. On the trial the plaintiff introduced certain opinion evidence, and the defendant timely and in writing requested the trial judge to give the following charge: “I charge you that the opinion evidence introduced in this case was not conclusive or controlling. It is…