Crete Carrier Corporation v. Adair

Crete Carrier Corporation appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for Delores Kelly Adair. Adair had sued Crete and Terry Lee Hicks, a tractor-trailer driver for Crete. Adair alleged that Hicks had negligently or wantonly operated a truck owned by Crete and had thereby caused it to collide with the motor vehicle Adair was driving. Adair also alleged that Crete had negligently entrusted the truck to Hicks. At the close of Adair's evidence, Crete moved for a judgment as a matter of law (JML) on the claims alleging negligence and wantonness. The trial court granted the motion as to the…