Smith v. State Farm Insurance Co.

PARKER, Justice.

The surviving widow and an adult child of Ivy Smith, deceased, sued Sammie Wilson and his employer, State Farm Insurance Company, for damages as a result of the death of Ivy Smith, resulting from a pedestrian-automobile accident. Ivy Smith was the pedestrian. The automobile was driven by Sammie Wilson. The case was tried before a jury. The court instructed the verdict in favor of State Farm Insurance Company. The jury made affirmative findings of negligence on the part of both the deceased, Ivy Smith, and the defendant driver, Sammie Wilson. The trial court set aside the…