Reagan v. Dunaway Timber Co.
Nov 10, 2011OUTCOME: $7 million jury verdict in federal court in Arkansas
This case was tried in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Arkansas primarily involved Morgan Quisenberry’s qualifications to drive a commercial vehicle and Dunaway Timber’s failure ... to appropriately screen its drivers, including Quisenberry. The legal team introduced evidence that Quisenberry had lied on his application and had received two license revocations. Despite these infractions, Emison showed that Dunaway Timber Company could have easily discovered Quisenberry’s previous infractions and, if Dunaway had done so, Quisenberry never should have been permitted to drive a tractor trailer. Jurors were told that Dunaway Timber could have learned about Quisenberry’s license revocations with a simple background search that took only 15 minutes and cost $15.
