Barrett v. Burnette

Rickman, Judge.

Following an automobile collision where Robert Barrett struck Richard Burnette's unoccupied parked car, Barrett and his wife filed a complaint for damages in tort against Burnette. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Burnette, but found that Burnette was negligent and that both Burnette and Barrett were each fifty percent at fault for the accident. Barrett contends that the trial court erred by granting Burnette's motion in limine to exclude all evidence related to Burnette's intoxication on the night of incident. For the following reasons, we reverse.

We construe the…