Small v. Columbiana Pole & Timber Co.

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Woodrow Small, from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Columbiana Pole Timber Company. We affirm.

The underlying facts are as follows: On 6 August 1979, Small was operating a tractor-trailer unit belonging to Southern Haulers, Inc. on Highway 25 near Wilsonville, Alabama, when he ran into the rear of a tractor-trailer unit owned by Columbiana Pole. The Columbiana Pole vehicle had stopped on the highway just prior to entering a narrow bridge in order to allow three oncoming coal trucks to pass. As a…