Highfill v. Brown

WESTHUES, Judge.

Plaintiff Highfill filed this suit against the defendants Brown and H. Azell Morris, Inc., for $27,500 as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in a collision of a car which he was driving and a pickup truck driven by Brown for Morris, his employer. Brown filed a counterclaim asking $25,000 for personal injuries he sustained and Morris filed a counterclaim for $900 as damages to the truck. A trial resulted in a verdict for the defendants on plaintiff’s petition and a verdict for plaintiff on defendants’ counterclaims. All parties filed motions for a new…