Court of Appeals of Mississippi December 13, 2011, No. 2009-CA-00554-COA (Clark v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.)

ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Late one evening in July 2001, Shenandoah Clark got behind the wheel of his friend’s 2000 Toyota Tundra TRD truck (the truck) in Tupelo, Mississippi, to drive them to a casino out of town. While driving, Clark crashed the truck. Thereafter, Clark suffered severe spinal injuries, causing him to become a quadriplegic.