Mack v. Wilkerson

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

This case involves a suit for personal injuries and wrongful death.

On the morning of December 2, 1987, the appellee, Billy Wilkerson, was driving a tractor/trailer rig loaded with sawdust. Wilkerson was employed by the appellee, T & S Sawmill, Inc. (Sawmill), which also owned the rig that Wilkerson was driving. North of Pine Bluff, Wilkerson approached the Highway 79 bridge over the Arkansas River; the highway at that point had four lanes — two lanes each going north and south. An accident on the bridge had blocked both south-bound lanes; as a result, Wilkerson…