Ussery v. Ewell Hodges, Inc.

SELLERS, Justice.

This suit was instituted for personal injuries to Mr. and Mrs. Ira D. Ussery and their minor children, Marian Kay Ussery and Barbara Ann Burns, received when the Volkswagen in which they were riding was struck from the rear by a large Mack truck owned by Ewell Hodges, Inc. and operated by its employee, Peter Albert Vandekop. The Volkswagen belonged to Horace Smith, Inc., an automobile dealership, and the Us-serys were trying it out as prospective purchasers. James T. Conaway, a salesman employed by Horace Smith, Inc., was sitting beside Mrs. Ussery, who was driving, and Mr.…