Nall v. Tisdale

STEAGALL, Justice.

Plaintiffs Earline Nall and LaWanda Nall appeal from the judgment entered on the jury verdict in favor of defendants Larry Tisdale and Murray Envelope Corporation in the Nalls’ suit alleging negligence and wantonness in regard to an automobile collision on Interstate Highway 65. The Nalls argue on appeal that the trial judge erred in denying their motion for a new trial and in charging the jury on the “sudden emergency doctrine.”

On January 8, 1988, the Nalls and Tis-dale were headed south on Interstate 65 amid severe ice and snow. LaWanda Nall was driving a 1986 Toyota…