Sandberg Trucking, Inc., and Kimiel Horn v. Brittany M. Johnson

Bradford, Judge.

Case Summary

Appellants-Defendants Sandberg Trucking, Inc., and Kimiel Horn (collectively, “Appellants”) appeal following a jury trial after which they were found thirty percent liable for the injuries of Appellee-Plaintiff Brittany Johnson and ordered to pay $2.13 million in damages. In April of 2008, a tractor-trailer owned by Sandberg and driven by Horn was southbound on 1-65 when it struck a deer in the dark, leaving remains in the roadway. Horn stopped his truck approximately 250 feet down the-roadway on the shoulder, exited his truck to examine the damage to it, but did…