Newton v. Clark

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellee Felix Allen Clark was injured when he drove his pickup truck into the rear of a loaded log truck stalled on the Ouachita River Bridge on Highway No. 82. The collision occurred about dark and during a heavy thunderstrom. The log truck, a battered and beaten 1968 model Chevrolet with no tail lights, was owned and operated by appellant Moses Newton. Appellee brought this action against appellant Moses Newton and appellant Bill Fitzgerald, a contractor or timber dealer for Georgia Pacific Corporation. The theory of liability of appellant Bill Fitzgerald was based…