Hardman Trucking, Inc. v. Poling Trucking Co.

This is an appeal by Hardman Trucking Company, Inc., the plaintiff below (hereinafter Hardman Trucking), from a final order of the Circuit Court of Randolph County which granted the post-trial motions of the defendants to set aside a jury verdict or to remit a portion of the damages awarded by the jury.

Hardman Trucking brought an action to recover damages resulting from a collision between one of its Ford triaxle dump trucks and an International triaxle dump truck belonging to James Foltz. The defendants were owner Foltz; lessee Poling Trucking Co.; driver James L. Davis; Truck Owners, Inc.,…