Murdock v. Ratliff

FRYE, Justice.

This case involves three separate lawsuits which were consolidated for purposes of trial and which arose out of a traffic accident involving three vehicles. The primary issue presented for review by this Court is whether the trial court erred in granting directed verdicts in favor of the plaintiff-appellees Claude Tolson Murdock and Conner Homes Corporation, and defendant-appellees Michael Lane Moss and Ernest Ray Cardwell. The majority of the panel of the Court of Appeals held that the trial court properly granted directed verdicts in favor of the appellees. For the reasons…