Canady v. Allen

This is a three-cornered lawsuit involving personal injuries suffered by Woodrow Wilson Canady, a minor, in a three-car collision. Only two issues now remain in the case. On direct appeal young Canady, by his father as his next friend, contends that the trial court erred in directing a verdict in favor of Alphus Mitchum, one of the other two drivers involved. On cross appeal Mitchum in turn contends that the trial court, after having directed a verdict in his favor, erred in requiring him to contribute as a joint tortfeasor to the $22,000 judgment that Canady and his father obtained against…