C & L Trucking, Inc. v. Allen

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is an appeal of a wrongful death action arising from a truck accident in Akron, Ohio, in which the driver of the truck, Dennis Lee Allen, was killed. The appellees, Allen’s wife and heirs, filed this lawsuit against C & L Trucking, which owned the trailer, Kelly Capps, who owned the tractor, and Junior Landis, who owned J & L Trucking, Dennis Allen’s employer. The appellees had already recovered workers’ compensation benefits from J & L Trucking. Junior Landis was dismissed as a party during the trial. The jury found for the appellees. The trial court signed the…