Pringle v. Williamson Chevrolet, Buick & Pontiac, Inc.

HALL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellees, Faces B. Pringle and Albert Gibson, Jr. were awarded $5,507.00 and $2,900.00 respectively by the trial court as damages resulting from an accident when Gibson’s truck, driven by Pringle, ran off Highway 1 north of Vivian in rural Caddo Parish. The trial court found that the steering wheel of the truck malfunctioned due to the negligent repair of an ignition switch on the steering column of the truck by defendant-appellant, Williamson Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, Inc. Williamson and its insurer, the Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, appealed urging that the…