Midway Ford Truck Center, Inc. v. Gilmore
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
RATLIFF, Judge.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Midway Ford Truck Center, Inc. (Midway) appeals from a jury verdict and judgment thereon awarding three hundred fifty thousand dollars ($350,000) to Gary M. Gilmore (Gilmore) for personal injuries suffered when the truck he was driving overturned and parts of his body were burned by hot asphalt which escaped from the tank on the back of the truck. We reverse.
FACTS
On October 11, 1974, Gilmore was an employee of Dale R. Horning Company, a roofing contractor, and was driving a truck containing a tank about 90% full of hot asphalt east on 1-74 in Hendricks…
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