Creel v. Brown

This appeal presents an issue of whether there was a scintilla of evidence of contributory negligence upon which to submit the question to the jury. At the conclusion of the trial of this suit for personal injuries and loss of consortium arising out of an automobile accident, the jury returned a verdict for defendant, finding contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff.

Connie H. Creel and her husband, George D. Creel, own and operate the Prattville Memory Gardens Cemetery. On May 3, 1983, Mrs. Creel was driving her automobile on Highway 14, preparing to turn left into the cemetery.…