Stone v. Duffy Distributors, Inc.

MAUS, Judge.

In this action appellant, Bobby Joe Stone (Stone), sought recovery for injury he claims resulted from a collision of his pickup truck and three beer kegs. Appellant Ginger Gail Stone (Ginger) seeks recovery for loss of consortium because of such injury. The respondents’ defense was that Stone’s disability did not result from the accident and that it resulted in whole or in part from his failure to follow the instructions of his doctors. The latter defense was submitted in a comparative fault instruction. A jury fixed Stone’s damages at $40,000 and determined his fault to be 80%.…