Mattingly v. Griffin

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

On May 11, 1959, appellee, Elizabeth Ann Simmons, who later married and is now Elizabeth Ann Griffin, was driving east on Broadway in West Memphis. She stopped at an intersection with the intention of turning to the left, but could not do so immediately because of oncoming traffic. While she was waiting for an opportunity to proceed to her left, the car she was driving was struck from the rear by a car owned by Swift & Company and driven by its employee, Thomas J. Mattingly.

Elizabeth Ann was 18 years of age at the time and in high school. She went to school the…