Drinnon v. Smith

OPINION

SANDERS, Judge.

The Defendant has appealed from a jury verdict awarding damages for the wrongful death of Plaintiff’s husband.

The Defendant, Donald Smith, was operating his automobile in an easterly direction on U.S. Highway 11-E in the City of Morristown and as he approached the intersection of Morelock Road he struck Mr. Taylor Drinnon, a pedestrian, causing his death.

The Plaintiff, Mrs. Eddie U. Drinnon, wife of the deceased, filed suit in the Circuit Court of Hamblen County for the wrongful death of her husband.

The case was tried before a jury with The Honorable Thomas G. Hull,…