Amerson v. Willis

LEWIS, Judge.

On 28 March 1989 a tractor trailer dump truck operated by defendant Willis and owned by defendant Potter tipped over onto its side and hit a ten-wheel spreader body truck operated by plaintiff Phillip Amerson. At the time of the accident the spreader truck was owned by and titled in the name of plaintiff Janet Amerson, Phillip Amerson’s wife. Plaintiff husband used this truck in his lime-fertilizer spreading business. The cab of the truck was destroyed, but the spreader body of the truck was not damaged. Plaintiff immediately began searching for a suitable truck to rent. Upon…