Searcy v. Neal

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff Lloyd Searcy was injured when the right rear tires on the farm truck *758furnished him by his employer, defendant John C. Neal, Jr., blew out, causing the truck to overturn. The jury awarded the plaintiff a verdict of $17,500 and the defendant appeals.

The defendant employed a small number of regular employees on his farm and additional employees — plaintiff among them— during planting and harvesting seasons. On October 31, 1965, plaintiff was hauling a load of milo to a grain elevator in a 1964 GMC truck owned by defendant. The truck was southbound on U.S.…