Hickman v. Jordan

OPINION

in which W. FRANK CRAWFORD, P.J., W.S., and HOLLY K. LILLARD, J., joined.

This dispute stems from an accident in a restaurant parking lot in which a pedestrian, the plaintiff, was struck by a vehicle driven by the defendant, who was backing-*498up through the parking lot. The jury in this case found the defendant driver not at fault. We affirm.

The determinative facts in this case are undisputed. The accident in which the plaintiff, Elizabeth Elaine Hickman, was injured occurred at lunch hour in the parking lot of Dumplin’s restaurant in Jackson, Tennessee. Witnesses testified that Dumplin’s…