Legal Opinion
Lanier v. Surrett
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 2, 2000No. 2990475PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On a particular occasion in December 1996, Gloria Lanier was a passenger in an automobile driven by Jessie Stockdale. Stockdale was forced to abruptly stop his automobile because an automobile ahead of him in traffic was stalled. Rex Surrett was driving directly behind Stockdale. Surrett noticed that Stockdale appeared to be slowing or stopping because Surrett saw Stockdale's brake lights. Surrett saw that an automobile ahead of Stockdale was stopped in the lane of traffic. Surrett was unable to stop his automobile as quickly as necessary and struck Stockdale's automobile in the rear.
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