Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Baer

LEWIS, Judge.

The facts of this appeal arise out of a single vehicle accident in which Marvin Cannon (“Cannon”) and Jarred Robinson (“Robinson”) were killed. The facts leading to this accident reveal that Mark Anthony Phillips (“Phillips”) was the owner of a 1976 Ford pickup truck which he used in his farming operations. Robinson, Cannon and David Holton (“Holton”) were all employed by Phillips to put in tobacco. On 23 July 1990, at approximately noon, Phillips instructed Holton to take the 1976 Ford pickup truck and drive Cannon and Robinson home for lunch. En route Holton stopped at a local…