Banks v. Pollard

Richard B. Adkisson, Chief Justice.

Appellant brought this action for the wrongful death of her son, Joseph A. Banks, alleging that the appellee, Bob Pollard, Jr., was negligent in directing her son to drive a tractor across a county bridge. The trial court granted a directed verdict for the appellee, finding that the appellant had failed to sustain her burden of proving negligence. We affirm.

The correctness of the lower court’s action is tested by viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the appellant-plaintiff. We must give the appellant’s evidence its highest probative value,…