Strickland v. Pioneer Bus Co.

BELL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a take nothing judgment rendered against appellants based on a jury verdict convicting Mrs. Strickland of contributory negligence. This is a case in which appellee’s bus ran into the rear of the Chevrolet Impala driven by Mrs. Strickland. The jury acquitted the driver of the bus of all acts of negligence charged except one. It found the bus was following Mrs. Strickland’s automobile too closely and this was a proximate cause of the collision. It found Mrs. Strickland reduced the speed of her vehicle at such time as a person of ordinary prudence would…