Stephens v. McCarter

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of a plaintiff, upon a jury verdict, in a rear end collision case.

Plaintiff brought suit for personal injuries sustained as a result of defendant’s car colliding with the rear of plaintiff’s car while plaintiff’s car was stopped behind a line of traffic. Trial was to a jury which, in answer to Special Issues, found:

1)The driver of defendant’s vehicle failed to make a timely application of the brakes, and failed to keep a proper lookout, each of which were proximate causes of the collision.

2) Plaintiff was acquitted of any…