Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Davis

Frank Holt, Justice.

Appellee, a Faulkner County-road employee, brought this action against the appellant to recover damages for injuries appellee sustained when the road grader he was operating overturned upon striking appellant’s underground baffle. A jury awarded appellee $20,000 and from the judgment on that verdict comes this appeal. Appellant first contends for reversal that the appellee was a trespasser upon its easement and, therefore, appellant is not responsible for appellee’s injuries since no duty of care is owed to him.

This accident occurred in 1965 when appellee was shaping and…