Phillips v. Emmons

Appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment for defendant based upon a jury verdict and from the denial of plaintiffs' motion for a new trial. We reverse and remand.

The plaintiffs were Ruby Janice Phillips and Angela Phillips, who sued by her next friend, William Phillips. Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance Company was added as a party plaintiff on motion of the defendant, Annie Emmons. Emmons was the driver of a school bus that collided with a vehicle occupied by the plaintiffs, who subsequently brought this action to recover damages.

The sole issue on appeal concerns the admission of…