Covington v. Howard

|/The defendants, Christopher Howard and Knight Transportation, Inc., applied for a writ of review of the district court’s judgment denying their motion for summary judgment. We granted the application, docketed the case for oral argument and directed the parties to submit briefs. For the following reasons, we make the writ peremptory, grant the motion for summary judgment and dismiss the plaintiffs claim.

Facts

On February 14, 2011, Heather Coving-ton was driving west on 1-20 when she drove over an object in the road that she mistakenly believed was a paper plate or paper cup. In fact, the…