Yellow Cab, Inc. of Morristown v. York

These suits, which, were consolidated for trial, arose ont of an automobile-cab collision which occurred on November 6, 1966, on West First North Street at its intersection with High Street in Morristown, Tennessee. The plaintiff, Eoy York, filed snit to recover damages sustained when the automobile he was driving was struck in the rear by a cab owned by the defendant Yellow Cab, Inc. and driven by the defendant Paul Seals. York’s wife, Lillian York, also filed suit to recover damages for personal injuries she received in the accident.

On trial, the jury awarded the plaintiffs verdicts against…