Trotter v. Peet

Pannell, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs brought a wrongful death action alleging that defendant Peet, agent of defendant Hobart Corporation, negligently drove his automobile into a car occupied by plaintiffs’ son, thereby causing the son’s death. A jury trial was held, and at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence, the trial judge granted defendants’ motion for directed verdict. Plaintiffs allege error in the granting of a directed verdict.

The evidence showed that on the evening of January 9, 1973, defendant Peet was proceeding north in his automobile on Interstate 75. According to defendant’s…