Bonstaff v. Hawkins

This suit grows out of an automobile accident in Avoyelles Parish. Plaintiff, alleging injuries to himself and damage to his automobile through the negligent operation of a truck belonging to defendants and operated by their employee in the course of his employment, sued for a total of $26,850. After filing preliminary defenses, which are no longer at issue, defendants denied that the driver of the truck was negligent and, in the alternative, alleged that the driver was not in the scope of his employment at the time the accident occurred.

The district court gave judgment for $1300 against only…