Sears Roebuck & Company v. Stiles

OPINION

WILSON, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is the propriety of a judgment non obstante veredicto by which the court disregarded a jury finding of unavoidable accident and a negative answer to the special issue inquiring whether the driving of defendant’s vehicle on the left side of the roadway was negligence.

The accident occurred on an interstate divided highway consisting of two lanes on each side separated by a 20-foot grass median space. Defendants’ driver lost control of his truck-trailer when it suddenly skidded on the wet pavement, as it was rounding a curve. When the driver lost…