Parks v. Airline Motor Coaches, Inc.

This action, in which the doctrine of discovered peril is invoked, was brought by Mrs. Kelley Luceil Parks to recover damages for the negligent acts of the driver of respondent’s bus which struck and killed her husband, Ira Parks, while he was attempting to cross a public highway on foot at a place other than an intersection. Trial was to a jury, which found that both the driver and Ira Parks were guilty of various acts of primary negligence and contributory negligence, which proximately caused Parks’ death. Issues on discovered peril were answered in petitioner’s favor. Based thereon,…