Adams Refrigerated Express, Inc. v. Ingol

Deen, Presiding Judge.

On September 14, 1981, the appellee, Gerald Ingol, as an owner/ operator of a tractor truck, entered an agreement with the appellant, Adams Refrigerated Express, Inc. (Adams), as an interstate motor carrier for hire. Under that agreement, Ingol contracted to haul freight for Adams. In late September 1981, as Ingol was transporting a load through Alabama, Ingol’s truck broke down; under circumstances now disputed by the parties, the truck was towed to Adams’ premises in Atlanta, Georgia, where allegedly over $8,100 in repairs on the truck’s engine were undertaken by Adams.