Burns v. Martin

ALMON, Justice.

Eva Gray Phillips Burns appeals from a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in favor of the defendants, Robert Nolen Martin and Graben Wood Products, Inc. (“Gra-ben”), in an action for damages that arose out of a motor vehicle accident. The issues presented are: (1) Whether Burns preserved for review her objection to the court’s charge to the jury; and, if so, (2) whether the trial court erred by instructing the jury that it could consider the “sudden emergency” doctrine when determining if Martin’s actions were wanton.

Martin, driving a tractor-trailer loaded with wood chips,…