Reed v. Medlin

Gregory, Justice:

In these companion wrongful death and survival cases both parties appeal rulings of the trial judge on demurrers to three causes of action. We affirm.

The facts giving rise to these actions are as follows. The late husband of appellant-respondent Kitty Katherine Reed, Executrtix (Reed), Wiley Dempsey Reed, was killed when his vehicle was struck from the rear by a log truck. The decedent had been stopped by a highway patrolman for the purpose of a driver’s license and vehicle safety check. The patrolmaan had traffic backed up in both lanes at the bottom of a hill where…