Carpenter v. King

MATHERNE, Judge.

The plaintiffs Bertha Carpenter and her husband Herbert Carpenter sued the defendant Perry L. King for damages resulting from injuries received when the tractor-trailer rig driven by the defendant ran into the automobile owned and operated by Bertha Carpenter, and in which Herbert Carpenter was riding as a passenger. The lawsuits were consolidated for trial and on appeal. At the close of all the proof, the Trial Judge directed a verdict in both lawsuits in favor of the defendant. Both plaintiffs assign that action of the Trial Judge as error.

The plaintiff Bertha Carpenter was…