VICKERY v. BALLENTINE

No. 87-64.

732 S.W.2d 160 (1987)

293 Ark. 54

Earnest VICKERY and HBC/AG Carriers, Inc., Appellant, v. John Paul BALLENTINE and Raymond Ballentine, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Ralph B. Ballentine, Deceased, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Cox & Wright by Constance G. Clark, Fayetteville, for appellant.

Shaw, Ledbetter, Hornberger, Cogbill & Arnold by James A. Arnold, II, Fort Smith, for appellees.


GLAZE, Justice.

Appellant Earnest Vickery, an employee of appellant HBC/AG Carriers, Inc., was driving a tractor-trailer rig on August 29, 1983, when his truck jackknifed on a wet Highway 71 in Washington County and collided with the automobile in which Ralph B. Ballentine was riding. Ballentine died as a result of injuries suffered in the accident, and appellees, representatives of Ballentine's estate, filed suit against appellants for Ballentine's wrongful death...

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