Bates v. Prater

| plaintiffs, Frederick and Patricia Bates, seek reversal of the summary judgment granted in favor of defendants, Jerry N. Amburgey and his insurer, Home State County Mutual Insurance Company (“Home State”). The judgment dismissed the Bates’s claims for damages resulting from a rear-end collision. For the follow*816ing reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

FACTS

On August 8, 2004, at about 3:00 p.m. on a clear day, a 2002 GMC pickup truck driven by Patricia Bates collided into the rear of a car trailer being towed by Jerry Amburgey westbound along Interstate 20 (“1-20”). Amburgey was…