Waltrip v. Bilbon Corp.

OPINION

WALKER, Chief Justice.

Ethel Estell Waltrip and Eric M. Culver appeal a judgment rendered on a jury verdict in their favor and against Bilbon Corporation, also known as National Concrete Products (“Bilbon”). Waltrip and Culver (“appellants”) sued Bilbon for injuries allegedly incurred when appellants’ vehicle was rear-ended by a “Mack” truck driven by Alex Jeumard, Bilbon’s employee. The jury found Jeumard seventy percent negligent and Waltrip thirty percent negligent, and also found Waltrip and Cul-ver were engaged in a joint enterprise. The jury ultimately awarded Waltrip $2,401.05…