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SCHNEIDER NAT. CARRIERS, INC. v. TINNEY

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776 So.2d 753 (2000)

SCHNEIDER NATIONAL CARRIERS, INC. v. Kenneth A. TINNEY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Clark, Jr., and Joseph E. Stott of Clark & Scott, P.C., Birmingham, for appellant.

R. Ben Hogan III and J. Lee Roberts, Jr., of Hogan, Smith & Alspaugh, P.C., Birmingham, for appellee.

HOUSTON, Justice.

This case involves the failure of a safety device known as a "rear-impact guard" that was attached to a cargo trailer owned by Schneider National Carriers, Inc. ("Schneider"). On April 17, 1995, Kenneth Tinney was driving an automobile on Interstate Highway 20 when he rear-ended the cargo trailer owned by Schneider. The rear-impact guard failed, and Tinney was injured.

Tinney sued Schneider. (He also sued Alfa Mutual Insurance Company and...

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