Dyer v. Traeger

Plaintiff, Mrs. Lavelle Dyer, appeals from a judgment for defendants, William H. Traeger, Jr., et al., and from a denial of her motion for new trial in a negligence suit tried to a jury, arising out of an automobile accident. We affirm.

The accident, which provides the basis for this suit, occurred on November 22, 1975, shortly after 5:00 a.m. on U.S. Highway 80 in Demopolis, Alabama, while plaintiff was delivering newspapers along her designated route. Just prior to dropping off her allotted papers at Gilbert's Drive-In, plaintiff's and defendants' vehicles collided. Plaintiff testified that…