Ham v. Hood

Defendant Charles W. Ham appeals from a $70,000 jury verdict and judgment awarded plaintiff Joyce Hood as a result of an automobile accident. All of the error which defendant insists constituted reversible error pertains to the trial judge's conduct of the trial. We reverse and remand because of the trial court's refusal to admit testimony that defendant's headlights were "burning after the accident."

Defendant's automobile collided with a pickup truck in which plaintiff was a passenger on Alabama Highway 157 in Lawrence County on October 15, 1974, at about 6:00 p.m. in rainy weather. The…