Cagle v. AMEAGLE CONTRACTORS, INC.

Cooper, Judge.

Appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Cagle and Mrs. Cagle on behalf of her incompetent adult son, filed a lawsuit against appellee to recover for injuries they received in a rear-end collision by appellee’s truck. The trial court granted appellee’s motion for a directed verdict at the conclusion of appellants’ case, and this appeal followed.

At trial, appellants testified that while stopped at a red light, their pickup truck was struck in the rear by a Mack truck owned by appellee. Appellants were not able to say how the accident occurred, but Mr. Cagle testified that immediately prior to…