Sandra Skeens, by Next Friend v. Andrew Hamilton Gemmell, Clyde Carl Skeens v. Andrew Hamilton Gemmell

HARRY PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This case involves an automobile-pedestrian accident in Bristol, Tennessee, which resulted in serious personal injuries to Sandra Skeens, a seven-year-old girl. The jury returned a verdict of $25,000 for Sandra and $6,000 in favor of her father for medical expenses and loss of services. The district judge, the Honorable Robert L. Taylor, overruled defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence and the motions for judgment 11. 0. v. and for a new trial.

Sandra was going home from school with other children and when first seen by…