Ferraro v. Marr

GRIMES, Judge.

This is an appeal from a $112,500 judgment for the plaintiff entered upon a jury verdict.

The plaintiff was injured in a one vehicle accident which occurred on March 30, 1982. At that time both parties were employed by Hutto Auto Sales, a used car dealer. Plaintiff was working as a lot boy and the defendant as a salesman. Lot boys were subject to the direction of the salesmen. Late in the afternoon, the lot owner instructed the defendant to transport a homemade dune buggy from the lot to an auto auction. The dune buggy had mechanical problems with the starter, the clutch and the…