Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. Black

This is an appeal from a judgment in an action instituted by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error to recover damages for personal injuries she received in an automobile accident.

The parties will hereinafter be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

The plaintiff’s alleged injuries resulted from her automobile’s collision with a bridge, which it struck after she had driven it partly off the road to avoid a collision with one of the defendant’s trucks.

The verdict and judgment were for plaintiff in the sum of $5,000.

The only proposition urged by the defendant in this…