HAGLER v. GILLILAND

SC 401.

292 So.2d 647 (1974)

Evelyn Miller HAGLER et al. v. Carol Diane Smith GILLILAND.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted R. Coggin, Gadsden, for appellants.

Robert H. King, Gadsden, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

Plaintiff's personal injury action, arising out of an automobile accident, resulted in a $20,000 verdict in her favor. Defendant appeals, arguing one point, that the trial court erred in permitting an "expert" witness to testify regarding the plaintiff's "loss of employability."

Plaintiff went to see John Newman (the "expert" witness), manager of the local Alabama State Employment Service, for the stated purpose of "measuring plaintiff's loss...

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