Poe v. Sheeley

The laintiffs, Elton and Juanita Poe, sued several defendants for damages for personal injuries sustained by them as a result of an automobile accident. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs as against two of the defendants, but found no liability on the part of the defendant John McNeill, who, with a pickup truck, had been pushing Patricia George, the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the collision. The Poes appeal, alleging that the trial court erred in (1) refusing to give their proposed instruction relating to the liability of the pushing driver under a joint-control…