YOUNG v. JOHNSON

No. 92-691.

845 S.W.2d 510 (1993)

311 Ark. 551

Odessa YOUNG, Appellant, v. Larry JOHNSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Gerard Schulze, Hugh F. Spinks, Little Rock, for appellant.

Michael G. McLaren, L. Mitchell Glasgow, Memphis, TN, Roderick Runnells, Little Rock, for appellee.


BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Odessa Young raises as her sole issue on appeal that the circuit court erred in submitting the issue of her alleged contributory negligence to the jury because there was no evidence of her negligence presented at trial. We agree that prejudicial error was committed, and we reverse the judgment and remand the matter for a new trial.

On February 13, 1989, Odessa Young was driving her 1982 Lincoln Town Car south on Ferris Mountain Road...

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