Booker v. Calhoun

Plaintiff filed this suit to recover for injuries allegedly sustained in an automobile-pedestrian collision. Made defendants were the driver and his insurer, and the State through the Department of Transportation and Development. Defendants have applied for a writ of certiorari asking us to review a pretrial ruling of the trial court denying defendants the chance to raise certain defenses.

The ruling of which defendants complain was rendered on October 9, 1984. A letter requesting clarification of the judgment was addressed to the trial judge on January 11, 1985. The trial judge responded by…