Pinson v. Haddock

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

William T. Pinson, Jr., as administrator of the estate of his wife, appeals from an adverse jury verdict and judgment in a wrongful death action, and from the order overruling his motion for new trial. We affirm.

The case arose out of an automobile accident which occurred on a public road in Birmingham, Alabama, September 4, 1971. Plaintiff Pinson avers in his complaint that defendant Haddock, while acting within the line and scope of his employment with defendant West Bend, so negligently operated his motor vehicle as to cause it to collide with a vehicle being driven by…