Jones v. King

Appellee, Carrie King, brought this action against appellant to recover damages in her own right, as widow of Harden A. King, deceased, and also as administratrix for the benefit of his estate, for alleged conscious pain and suffering of her intestate. She alleged that her husband’s death resulted from a rear-end collision of two trucks on paved highway 64, about iy2 miles east of Piney, Arkansas, caused by the negligence of the driver of appellant’s truck. A jury trial resulted in verdicts and judgments for appellee, in her own right for $20,000, and as administratrix in the amount of…