Poindexter v. Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc.

NEPTUNE, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment based on jury verdict in a negligence action wherein plaintiff was awarded damages for personal injuries.

Plaintiff Poindexter, a truck driver, pursuant to instruction from his employer, went to a company in Okmulgee where he picked up a load of glass and transported it to the Capitol Glass Company in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At Capitol Glass in Baton Rouge, when plaintiff’s trailer was being unloaded it was discovered that some of the crates were marked for shipment to a company in Gulfport, Mississippi. Since plaintiff’s employer was not…