Hare v. Patterson

In the wrongful death action from which this appeal is taken, the jury returned a verdict for the defendant and the trial court entered a judgment on that verdict. The plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in submitting two verdict forms to the jury, in failing to instruct the jury that contributory negligence is not a defense to wantonness, in charging the jury on the sudden emergency doctrine, and in reading § 32-5A-212(a), Ala.Code 1975, to the jury.

As Donna Lynn Patterson was driving north on the West Bypass in Andalusia, she saw an elderly man cross the southbound lane and stand in…