Schrimsher v. Sullivan

SHORES, Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the defendant. The suit arose from a collision on Highway 20 between the defendant Sullivan’s automobile and a patch roller (equipment for laying asphalt pavement) operated by the plaintiff Schrimsher.

On March 17, 1977, Schrimsher was operating a patch roller around the abutment of a bridge on Highway 20 for the Highway Department. Highway 20, divided by a median, consists of two westbound lanes leading to Decatur, Alabama, and two eastbound lanes leading to Huntsville, Alabama.

The paving…