Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama December 18, 1985, Civ. 4937 (Merritt v. Roberts)

This appeal is from the order of the trial court setting aside a jury verdict and granting to plaintiff a new trial. On April 17, 1983 Lynda Pope Roberts and several passengers, including her daughter, were stopped at an intersection in Mobile County when Mitford H. Merritt struck their automobile from behind. Mrs.