Tipler v. McKenzie Tank Lines

This is an appeal from an action for damages based on personal injuries incurred by plaintiff/appellant James Harvey Tipler when his vehicle collided with a tractor/trailer rig operated by defendant/appellee John Authement. At the time of the collision, which occurred at the "T" intersection of U.S. Highway 31 and County Road 2 in Escambia County, Tipler was traveling north on Highway 31 and Authement was traveling south and was in the process of making a wide, swinging turn to the right onto County Road 2.

Tipler originally named as defendants Authement, McKenzie Tank Lines ("McKenzie"),…