Spreader Specialists, Inc. v. Monroc, Inc.

BURNETT, Judge.

This is a tort case involving damages to a commercial motor vehicle. The damage was inflicted when a cement mixer owned by Monroe, Inc., entered a highway construction area at excessive speed and struck an oil-spreading truck owned by Spreader Specialists, Inc. Monroe ultimately admitted liability. The issue of compensation was tried to a jury. Not satisfied with the judgment entered on the verdict, Spreader has appealed. We are presented with three questions: (1) whether the trial judge identified the proper standard for determining the measure of damages to a repairable…