Calhoun v. Herrin

Hall, Presiding Judge.

Defendants in a personal injury action appeal from the judgment and from the denial of their motion for new trial.

There are three individual defendants in this suit. Calhoun was the driver of the truck involved in the collision. The other two, Marcus Nobles and Norris Dreggers, were alleged to be the owners of the truck and the employers of the driver.

One paragraph of the complaint contained all the allegations of ownership, employment, scope of employment, permission and negligent driving. The defendants answered with a simple denial of the entire paragraph. They set up…