In Re Jonathan Scott BAKER and Shannon Compton, D/B/A American Outdoor Transportation

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

On a dark, stormy night, the vehicle occupied by Charles D. Windham, II, and Bryan Waller collided with rolled bales of hay that had fallen onto the highway from a flatbed trailer pulled by Jonathan Scott Baker. Windham and Waller sued Baker and his employer, Shannon Compton d/b/a American Outdoor Transportation, for negligence.

After hearing the evidence, including Baker’s detailed testimony of his actions to secure his load preceding the accident, a Panola County jury answered in the negative the first jury question, finding that Baker’s negligence, if…