Parker v. Prince

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants-appellants Wayne Prince and Bobby Cartwright Trucking Company 1 from a directed verdict in favor of defendant-appellee International Harvester Corporation (IHC) and from the judgment on the jury’s verdict for plaintiff-appellee Leon Parker (Parker) in the sum of $50,000 and for the wrongful death of Parker’s wife, Evelyn Parker, in the sum of $150,000 against defendants-appellants.

The pertinent facts are as follows:

On July 7, 1979, Prince was operating a 1978 International Harvester tractor, pulling an empty dump trailer, both of which…