McKinney v. Alabama Power Co.

In this personal injury and property damage action arising out of an automobile-truck collision, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants/appellees and the trial court rendered judgment thereon. Plaintiffs/appellants appeal from the trial court's denial of their motion for new trial. We affirm.

On May 13, 1979, Rosalie McKinney1 was driving her car east on U.S. Highway 84 near Avon, Alabama, a small town near Dothan. Her son Mark Lewis McKinney and two other passengers, not parties to this appeal, were also in the car.2 Preparing to turn into the driveway of her passengers' house, Mrs.…