Freeman v. Jones

In August of 1963 the appellee Cena Belle Jones and her husband George Jones were involved in a collision between a pickup truck in which they were riding and a gasoline truck being driven by the appellant, J. D. Freeman. Two months after the accident George Jones suffered a fatal heart attack. Mrs. Jones wás appointed administratrix of his estate. She brought this action for her own personal injuries and for her husband’s wrongful death, alleging that his heart attack was attributable to the injuries he sustained in the collision. The jury awarded Mrs. Jones $7,500 for her own injuries, but…