Waste Management, Inc. v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.

OPINION

WILLIAM C. KOCH, Jr., Judge.

This appeal stems from an incident in which a piece of broken telephone pole being dragged behind a garbage truck struck a pedestrian. The pedestrian sued the owner of the truck, the truck driver, and the telephone company in the Circuit Court for Davidson County. After the truck’s owner settled all the pedestrian’s claims, the trial court conducted a bench trial on the remaining claims between the truck owner and the telephone company and awarded the truck owner a $27,114.47 judgment against the telephone company. On this appeal, the telephone company…