Gullett v. McCormick

SCOTT REED, Special Commissioner.

In this personal injury action the trial court granted a summary judgment in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff was injured while riding on a truck driven by the defendant who was engaged in hauling baled hay from a field to a barn. Plaintiff and defendant were neighbors, and plaintiff was apparently requested by defendant to assist him in loading and transporting the hay.

On the day in question defendant, plaintiff, and some boys loaded the truck with the bales of hay on two occasions, and on each occasion plaintiff rode in the back of…