American Pamcor, Inc. v. Evans

MADDOX, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of $13,000 entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Mabel Evans, in a personal injury action which arose out of an automobile accident. Plaintiff’s husband brought a derivative suit and the jury assessed his damage at $2,000. 1

Plaintiff’s action contains two counts — - one sounding in simple negligence, the other claiming wanton conduct.

Plaintiff claims that the car she was operating was rammed as she was turning off Highway 280 into her driveway in Goodwater, Alabama on a rainy, misty day on December 13, 1968. Defendant’s…