Teague v. Adams

Sandra Lynne Teague appeals from a judgment based on a directed verdict entered in favor of James Adams, doing business as Dixieland Motors. Because Mrs. Teague submitted substantial evidence to support her cause of action, we reverse and remand.

While Mrs. Teague was test-driving a used vehicle owned by Dixieland Motors ("Dixieland"), the vehicle began to shake and pull to one side, eventually leaving the road and crashing into a tree at the bottom of an embankment. Mrs. Teague and her son, Seavie Teague, were injured in the one-car accident. The Teagues sued, alleging that Adams, the owner…