Fikes v. Johnson

This is a suit brought by the appellee for personal injuries and property damage sustained in a collision between his car and a truck and trailer owned by the appellant. The accident happened at night on the highway between Little Rock and Pine Bluff. The two vehicles, traveling toward each other, met on what was a right-hand curve for Johnson and a left-hand curve for the truck driver. It is Johnson’s theory that the clearance lights on the trailer were not burning and that the truck and trailer were partly across the center line of the road. Johnson’s car struck the side of the truck and…