Voyles v. Sanford

Plaintiffs brought this wrongful death suit on behalf of the estate of Iva Mae Sutton, who died as a result of injuries suffered on the evening of July 4, 1986, when the automobile in which she was a passenger collided with a tractor-trailer rig operated by defendant Gerald Sanford, for his employer, defendant Interstate Brands Corporation. The matter was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. In this appeal, plaintiffs challenge several evidentiary rulings of the trial court and the court’s refusal to give one of plaintiffs’ tendered jury instructions. We find…