Thompson v. Champion International Corp.

MADDOX, Justice.

Steven Thompson (plaintiff/appellant) filed this action to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained early one morning when the motor vehicle in which he was a passenger struck an unmarked gate maintained by Champion International Corporation (Champion).

In the early morning hours of August 3, 1984, Thompson met with two friends, Jeff Tirey and Butch Fuller, in the parking lot of a local nightclub. At approximately 1:00 a.m., the three decided to drive to Tirey’s mobile home. Thompson and Fuller stopped at a convenience store while en route to Tirey’s home and…