Basham v. White

CAMMACK, Judge.

Eunice Basham was injured when a truck driven by Joseph Leon White ran over her right foot. She brought this action to recover damages for her injury, medical expenses, and loss of time; she sought also punitive damages, alleging in her complaint malicious and wanton misconduct on the part of Joseph. With the exception of a passing motorist whose testimony at the trial was vague and inconclusive, Joseph and Eunice were the only witnesses to the accident; their stories were in direct conflict. Eunice said that (1) she met Joseph at the Dixieland Cafe on the Dixie Highway on the…