Elba Wood Products, Inc. v. Brackin

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This is an appeal by the defendants, Elba Wood Products, Inc. and C.G. Nicholson, from a $30,000 judgment based on a jury verdict awarded to plaintiffs, Guy E. Brackin and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company (USFG), by the Circuit Court of Coffee County. We affirm.

Plaintiff Brackin, of Enterprise, is an experienced log truck driver in his mid-thirties, employed by his brother, R.M. Brackin, d/b/a Brackin Timber Company. On May 16, 1973, while on defendant…