Byrd v. Gipson

This action was brought by plaintiffs below Gipson and wife to recover damages for the death of their 17 year old daughter, Bobby Evelyn Gipson, who was struck and killed by defendant Byrd’s automobile as she alighted from a bus and started across the highway to her home. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs for $10,000.

Defendant appealed in error and insists that a verdict should have been directed for him; that there was no evidence of any negligence on his part; that the undisputed evidence showed that as he was passing the bus the deceased stepped from behind it directly in…