Court Opinion

ID: 9679139
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:42:01.117348+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:10.597890
License: Public Domain

*506Carter, J.,
dissenting.
The burden of proof is upon the plaintiff in an action for damages based on negligence to prove by a preponderance of the evidence the negligence of the defendant or, in this case, its employee. No act of negligence or breach of duty on the part of defendant’s employee is shown or proved, nor does the majority opinion recite any such on the part of Bee Line Motor Freight, Inc., or its employees. Surely the mere happening of an accident, under the circumstances here shown, is not proof of negligence on the part of anyone. I submit that the action fails for want of proof and that no basis exists for submitting the case to a jury. I would reverse the judgment and dismiss the cause of action on the basis that plaintiff failed to prove a cause of action.
Spencer, J., joins in this dissent.