Pleasant v. Warrick

The plaintiff, E.L. Pleasant, sued Rodney Warrick, John Deere Industrial Equipment Company, and Deere Credit Services, Inc. ("Deere Credit"), for conversion, negligence, and wantonness for destruction of a logging skidder, which he contends had been wrongfully repossessed. All of the defendants filed timely motions for summary judgment supported by affidavits and deposition excerpts, contending that Pleasant was in default at the time of the repossession and that the logging skidder had been lawfully repossessed. The trial court entered summary judgment for the defendants.

The dispositive…