Friedlander v. Hall

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant in a personal injury action brought as a result of a rear-end automobile collision. The plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in denying the motion for new trial and that the trial court improperly charged the jury on the sudden emergency doctrine. We reverse.

On January 2, 1985, Amelia Friedlander, accompanied by her 11-year-old daughter Robin, was driving East on Old Shell Road in Mobile, Alabama. Old Shell Road is a two-lane highway and was relatively congested at the time. The driver of the automobile immediately in front…