Driver Injured While Loading HDTVs for Retail Store

Case Overview

This case involves a personal injury to a driver. The plaintiff, a truck driver, was hired by a trucking company to pick-up and deliver large quantities of HDTVs for a retail store. When she arrived at the retail store’s factory, she began to help load the HDTVs onto the truck. There was a stopping device used to hold the HDTVs in place, but it was missing on that date. Also, the retail store loaded the HDTVs in a manner not described on the side of the box in order to fit more on the truck. While loading them into the truck, the televisions fell, and injured the plaintiff. The plaintiff alleged that in addition to the trucking company, the retail store should be liable.