should have been allowed to consider the facts of this

case to determine whether Hartley was negligent and whether

Broadbrooks was contributorily negligent in the accident that

caused Broadbrooks's death.

    On May 12, 2011, Hartley, who was employed by Cullman

EMS, was driving an ambulance to the scene of a motor-vehicle

collision.   He    had   been    dispatched     from    Cullman    Regional

Medical Center. He was driving the ambulance eastbound on

Highway    157   when    he   encountered   traffic      and   decided   to

continue in the same direction in the westbound lane, which is

to say that he decidedto drive the wrong way in the oncoming

lane of traffic. Hartley testified that he was driving between


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40 and 45 miles per hour as he drove the wrong way on the

road. The speed limit was 55 miles per hour.

    Broadbrooks was driving a truck that was pulling a horse

trailer with a young horse inside. Babbitt testified that

Broadbrooks wanted to turn the vehicle around because the

horse had been inside the trailer for about two hours before

traffic came to a stop. Broadbrooks turned on her blinker to

signal that she was