Sauls v. Evans

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

We granted an appeal in this ease to review the action of the Court of Appeals, Judge Franks dissenting, which affirmed the action of the trial court in directing a verdict in favor of the defendant-appellee in this action for personal injuries arising out of a collision between the defendant’s automobile and the plaintiff who was a pedestrian.

The accident occurred on Alma Avenue, a public street in the city of Knoxville, at about 7:30 a.m. on April 29, 1979. The plaintiff, Billy Sauls, and Daniel Rudd, employees of the Sanitation Department for the city of Knoxville,…