WILLIAMS v. WORTHINGTON

78-777.

386 So.2d 408 (1980)

Wyndell WILLIAMS v. Jackson B. WORTHINGTON.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Taylor, Birmingham, for appellant.

Jasper P. Juliano and William J. McDaniel, of McDaniel, Hall, Parsons & Conerly, Birmingham, for appellee.


MADDOX, Justice.

Plaintiff sued defendant for damages due to injuries he allegedly sustained when their motor vehicles collided. Defendant requested the trial judge to instruct the jury on the "sudden emergency" doctrine of tort law. The trial judge gave the instruction, over objection, and the jury rendered a verdict for the defendant. Plaintiff appeals, claiming the court erred to reversal in giving the "sudden emergency" instruction. We affirm.

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