Legal Opinion

McDonald v. Amason

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided May 27, 1958No. 7 Div. 483PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals claiming inadequacy in the damages awarded her for injuries sustained while a passenger in an automobile driven, by the defendant.

There are fwo assignments of error; first; that the trial judge erred in overruling plaintiff’s motion for new trial; and, second; that he committed error in sustaining the defendant’s objection to a question calling for the opinion of a highway patrolman as, to the speed of Amason’s automobile just prior to its collision with a utility pole.

On November 23, 1955, the plaintiff, a high school student, along with two others, was riding…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ala. Great Southern Railroad v. SellersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
  2. Clinton Mining Co. v. BradfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  3. Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. StreetSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
  4. Kelite Products, Inc., and R. C. Martin v. Alvin J. Binzel, Jr., Trading as Kelite Products of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  5. Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. RandleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. James S. Kemper & Co. v. Cox & AssociatesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
  2. Hogan v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  3. Steward v. State.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
  4. Smith v. FlynnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  5. Benson v. VickCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1984

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