Carrio v. Denson

Tad Denson, a private pilot, sued Thomas Carrio, individually and doing business as Carrio Contractors, to recover for damage done to his airplane when it collided with a scaffold that was lying in the taxiway of Mobile's Brookley Airport. Carrio filed a counterclaim seeking damages for the destruction of his scaffold. After a bench trial in which the court was presented ore tenus evidence, the trial court entered a judgment in favor of Denson and awarded him $9,621. The trial court also entered a judgment in favor of Denson on Carrio's counterclaim. Carrio appealed.

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