Simmons v. Frazier

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is an appeal from an award of $107,211.60 to Dale Frazier, the appellee, for personal injuries he suffered when he was run over by a tractor-trailer truck in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Leonard R. Simmons, the driver, and Ralph Walker, Inc., the owner of the truck, appeal arguing four errors were committed. Simmons died before the trial of natural causes. We affirm the judgment.

It is undisputed that Frazier was hitchhiking on Interstate Highway 55 in July of 1979. He was enroute from Montana to Meridian, Mississippi, where his parents lived. His last ride let…