Glover v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.

I,KIRBY, J.

This case arises from a collision between an automobile driven by the plaintiff, Sandra Glover, and an eighteen-wheel tractor-trailer driven by the defendant, Alton Lee Burnett, on June 20, 1989, at Louisiana Avenue and Tchoupitoulas Street, in New Orleans. The truck was leased by Burnett’s employer, Shiflett Transport Services, Inc., from Ryder Truck Rentals, Inc. In a prior suit, plaintiff sued Alton Lee Burnett alleging he was acting in the course and scope of his employment at the time of the accident and joined Burnett’s employer, Shiflett Transport Services, Inc., as an…