Tolan v. Coviello

This case stems from a summary judgment entered in favor of Marjorie Johnson, one of the defendants involved in a multiple-car rear-end collision. The driver of the leading car, Mary S. Tolan, and her son, Danny Garza, filed negligence suits against the driver of each of the cars behind them, i.e., Johnson, the driver of the car immediately behind Tolan; Coviello, the driver of the car behind Johnson; and Jaworski, the driver of the car behind Coviello. Johnson, the driver of the car immediately behind Tolan, asserted that the undisputed evidence established she brought her car to a stop…