Taylor v. Gill

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellants Rick Taylor and Joyce Taylor appeal from a $40,000 judgment entered against them relating to a lawnmower injury sustained by appellee Jackie Gill. The Taylors raise several arguments for reversal, one of which is the lack of an agency relationship between them and the operator of the lawnmower, Kenny Willis. 1 We agree with the Taylors that Willis was not acting as their agent when the injury occurred, and we reverse the judgment as it pertains to them.

Kenny Willis and the Taylors lived in the same neighborhood in Stuttgart and were friends who would, on…