Canal Insurance v. Tullis

Eldridge, Judge.

This appeal involves a property damage subrogation suit filed by the appellant Canal Insurance Company (“Canal”). At the close of Canal’s case, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the appellee, Danny Ray Tullis. Canal appeals from this ruling.

On June 18, 1996, Tullis, while driving a 1978 Ford dump truck, was involved in a motor vehicle collision with a dump truck owned by Helton Trucking Company (“Helton Trucking”) which was being driven by Mr. Tommy Davis. The collision occurred on the property of Vulcan Materials in Norcross, Georgia. At the time of the…