Stallworth v. Sam Yoder Trucking, Inc.

Interstate Contract Carrier Corp. (ICCC), located in Illinois, and Sam Yoder Trucking (Yoder) were defendants in a personal injury action. ICCC seeks review of a jury verdict that awarded damages to plaintiff, a truck driver. ICCC argues that the trial court erred in allowing plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment on ICCC’s defense that workers’ compensation was plaintiffs exclusive remedy and in denying its motion for a directed verdict on plaintiffs negligence allegations. It also assigns error to the trial court’s permitting expert testimony concerning federal regulations governing…