B. & J. Byers Trucking, Inc. v. Robinson

665 S.W.2d 258 (1984)

281 Ark. 442

B. & J. BYERS TRUCKING, INC., Appellant,

v.

F. Eugene ROBINSON, Appellee.

No. 83-262.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 27, 1984.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 1984.

Butler, Hicky, Hicky & Routon, Ltd. by Preston G. Hicky, Forrest City, for appellant.

Kinney, Easley & Kinney by B. Michael Easley, Forrest `City, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

On a clear July afternoon in 1980 the plaintiff, Eugene Robinson, was injured when his car was struck from behind by a large tractor-trailer rig being driven by the defendant trucking company's employee. The jury's…