Allen v. Turpin

The plaintiff in a personal injury action appeals from a judgment of the trial court denying her motion for new trial after a jury returned a verdict for the defendants. We affirm.

On November 19, 1984, the plaintiff, Cynthia Allen, was stopped in her automobile at an intersection in Muscle Shoals, when defendant Robert Turpin allowed his pick-up truck to roll into her rear bumper. Mr. Turpin had come to a stop at the intersection behind the plaintiff; while reaching to stir his coffee, he lifted his foot from the brake pedal and allowed his truck to roll forward. Mr. Turpin, who at the time…