Thompson v. Sherwin Williams Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Justice COOPER.

Appellants Jeffery and Janie Thompson brought this action in the Simpson Circuit Court for damages for Janie’s personal injuries and the damage to their jointly owned vehicle resulting from a chain-reaction collision in which their vehicle, then being operated by Janie, was rear-ended by a van owned by Appellee Sherwin Williams Company, Inc., and operated by its employee, Appellee James E. Stevens. There was evidence that the Sherwin Williams van had been rear-ended by another vehicle owned and operated by Janet Revuelta. The Thompsons sued Sherwin…