Tirey v. Tirey

DAVIS, Commissioner.

This litigation arises out of a one-car automobile accident which occurred on a rainy afternoon in July 1964, near the community of Richland in Hopkins County. Appellant Tirey was driving the automobile and was accompanied by his father-in-law, John B. Cox, and Ruby Jewell Chappell who was serving as a practical nurse for Mr. Cox. Mr. Cox and Mrs. Chappell were injured when Tirey’s car skidded off Highway 70 and turned over in a ditch. Suit was instituted against appellant Tirey by Mrs. Chappell and by the administratrix of the estate of Mr. Cox (who died from causes…