Watson v. Wilkinson Trucking Co.

Lewis, Justice.

The defendant has appealed from a verdict of $40,000.00, actual damages, awarded against it for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when the automobile driven by him collided with a truck tractor and trailer of the defendant. In this appeal, the defendant apparently concedes that the evidence made a jury issue as to negligence on the part of the driver of its truck, but charges error on the part of the lower court (1) in denying defendant’s timely motion for a directed verdict upon the ground that the evidence conclusively showed that the plaintiff was barred of…