Kanipes v. North American Phillips Electronics Corp.

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

Plaintiffs action for personal injury has resulted in a jury verdict for the Defendant. We reverse and remand on the ground that a bill of lading was improperly admitted into evidence.

Plaintiff truck driver delivered a load of television sets from Greeneville, Tennessee to St. Louis, Missouri on July 26, 1986. The truck had already been loaded and sealed by Magnavox employees when Plaintiff arrived in Greeneville. The bill of lading utilized on the trip was a seven-part form prepared after the trailer was loaded and sealed. Two parts of the form remained in the Magnavox…