Opal L. Thompson v. Emmett R. Underwood

COMBS, Circuit Judge.

A jury awarded plaintiff-appellee, Opal L. Thompson, $55,000 against defendants, Emmett R. Underwood and Melvin Greer, jointly, as damages for personal injuries resulting from .an automobile accident; only the defendant Underwood appeals.

Mrs. Thompson’s injuries were received in a two-car collision which occurred at the intersection of US Highway 51 and Cedar Grove Road in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. She was a guest passenger riding in the back seat of Greer’s car as it travelled between fifty and seventy miles per hour in a southerly direction on US 51. This is a…