Security Timber & Land Co. v. Reed

SWIFT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court judgment awarding plaintiff property damages sustained in a rear-end collision allegedly caused by defendants’ negligence.

The facts are relatively undisputed.

The accident occurred on May 23,1979, at about 3:15 p. m. on Louisiana 10 just east of Oakdale. A Ford pickup truck owned by Boise Southern Company and driven by Boise’s employee, Charles Fuselier, was proceeding eastward. Following the pickup truck was a Chevrolet tractor-truck pulling a low-boy trailer. This rig was owned by Security Timber and Land Company (Security) and driven by its…