Blackwell v. Simmons

KENNETH M. ROMINES, Judge.

This case involves an automobile collision between two drivers, both of whom had been drinking. At 1:55 a.m. on 12 June 1993, Cletus Blackwell was driving home from the race track when his vehicle struck John Simmons’s vehicle. The passenger in Simmons’s vehicle died. Blackwell sued Simmons for damages for his personal injuries, and alleged that Simmons drove on the wrong side of the road, into Blackwell’s lane, and struck Blackwell’s vehicle.

The case was tried before a jury in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, the Honorable David Hamilton Ash. The jury found…