Ex Parte Hicks

The plaintiffs, Marjorie L. Hicks and her granddaughter Julie Nicole Odom, appealed to the Court of Civil Appeals from a judgment for defendant Cardinal Transport Company, Inc., based on a directed verdict, and from an order excluding evidence that plaintiffs maintain resulted in the award of inadequate damages. Hicks and her granddaughter had brought an action alleging negligence and wantonness on the part of Cardinal and defendants Dale Westbrook and Bob Westbrook, stemming from an automobile-truck accident. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment as to Cardinal, but reversed as to…