Cone v. Ragan

McCALL, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Leonard Alwyn Cone, from a jury verdict and judgment entered thereon in favor of the defendants. Cone sued Barbara Ellen Ragan and Thomas Mason, Jr. for personal injuries he allegedly sustained in a collision between his pickup truck and one driven by Miss Ragan.

The material facts are that the plaintiff Cone had stopped his pickup in the single south bound traffic lane on the west side of Three Notch Street in the business area of Troy, Alabama. While he was standing in the bed of his motionless truck unloading some equipment, the defendant,…