City of Lanett v. Tomlinson

The defendant City of Lanett appeals from a final judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs Carolyn Tomlinson and her husband Raymond Tomlinson in a negligence action. We affirm.

On February 2, 1991, Carolyn Tomlinson was driving east on Fourth Street in Lanett. Brenda Sims was traveling south on First Avenue; Sims's car struck Tomlinson's in the intersection of Fourth Street and First Avenue. Tomlinson had the right-of-way; Sims did not see the city-maintained stop sign that warned First Avenue traffic to stop at the intersection, because that sign was lying face-down on the…