Puckett v. Laster

CARNEY, J.,

Upon the trial below the plaintiff, John D. Laster, was awarded $15,000 by the jury for personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision on October 24,1962. The accident happened about 6:00 P.M. on U. S. Highway 45E between the towns of Sharon and Greenfield about one-half mile south of the Middle Pork of the Obion River. Plaintiff John D. Laster was driving southward in a 1958 Ford pickup truck owned by his employer, Eveready Auto Parts Company, of Greenfield. He ran *69into the rear of a 1958 GrMC 1% ton truck driven by the defendant, Harry Lee Puckett, who was also traveling…