Phillips v. Alamed Co., Inc.

Samuel Phillips, in his capacity as the administrator of the estate of Coy Phillips, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Alamed Company, Inc. ("Alamed"), in a negligence action. The questions presented are: (1) whether the court erred by directing a verdict in Alamed's favor, based on its holding that Phillips had failed to produce evidence of proximate cause; and (2) whether the court erred by sustaining Alamed's objection to testimony by a registered nurse on the issue of proximate cause.

Coy Phillips was involved in a motor vehicle accident in March 1982. She suffered…