Pilkington v. Riley

George Rose Smith, Justice.

Pilkington brought this action to recover for personal injuries and property damage sustained when his pickup truck ran into a heavy roller being used by the defendant Riley, a road contractor, in resurfacing part of Highway 81 north of Monticello. The jury, in response to interrogatories, apportioned the total negligence as 100% in Pilkington and none in Riley, none in Riley’s employee, Ethel Winston, and none in Curtis Vincent, a third-party defendant brought in by Riley. The appeal comes within our jurisdiction as a tort action. Rule 29 (1) (o). We find no merit…