Rester v. Lott

566 So.2d 1266 (1990)

Emmett RESTER

v.

Eddie G. LOTT and Sunbelt Forest Products, Inc.

No. 89-CA-0235.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 5, 1990.

Colette A. Oldmixon, David R. Smith, Smith Smith Tate & Cruthird, Poplarville, for appellant.

Vicki Leggett, Jon Mark Weathers, Hattiesburg, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves a minor, two-vehicle accident involving 65-year-old Emmett Rester and Eddie Lott, a truck driver for Sunbelt Forest Products ("Sunbelt"). Lott was uninjured, but Rester complained…