BREWER v. J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT, INC.

Nos. 2009-C-1408, 2009-C-1428.

35 So.3d 230 (2010)

Brian Shane BREWER v. J.B. HUNT TRANSPORT, INC. and Robert E. Jackson.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams & Reese, LLP, Louis Charles LaCour, Jr., Christine Simons Fortunato, New Orleans, Casteel & Associates, LLC, Durward D. Casteel, Baton Rouge, and Vasser & Vasser, Claude David Vasser, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Applicant in 2009-C-1408.

G. Stephen Covert, Walter Landry Smith, Baton Rouge, Christopher M. Moody, Hammond, Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis & Burns, LLC, John W. Perry, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Respondent in No. 2009-C-1408.

G. Stephen Covert, Walter Landry Smith, Baton Rouge, Perry, Atkinson, Balhoff, Mengis & Burns, LLC, John W. Perry, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Applicant in No. 2009-C-1428.

Adams & Reese, LLP, Louis Charles Lacour, Jr, Christine Simons Fortunato, New Orleans, Christopher M. Moody, Casteel & Associates, LLC, Durward D. Casteel, Vasser & Vasser, Claude David Vasser, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Respondent in No. 2009-C-1428.


WEIMER, Justice.1

This case arises out of a suit for personal injuries sustained when twenty-three-year old Brian Shane Brewer (Brewer), driving a 1994 Chevrolet pickup truck on Interstate I-12 in Livingston Parish, rear-ended an 18-wheel tractor-trailer owned by J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. (Hunt) and being operated by its employee, Robert E. Jackson (Jackson). The entire front cab of Brewer's truck was crushed beneath the 18-wheeler, resulting...

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