Cromer v. Hodges

Smith, Judge.

Cathy Cromer brought this wrongful death action jointly against Barbara Hodges, Norika Wyatt and Bennie Wyatt alleging that the negligence of Hodges and Wyatt proximately caused the death of her husband Nolan Glenn Cromer from injuries he sustained in an automobile collision. Following presentation of the plaintiff’s case, the defendants’ motions for directed verdict were granted by the trial court as to all defendants.

The evidence at trial showed it was raining and dark on the evening of November 12, 1992, when Nolan Cromer’s vehicle began to “fishtail” as he lost control while…