Jones v. Hall

HALL, Judge.

This suit arises out of an accident which occurred when plaintiff’s automobile was struck by a tractor-trailer rig overtaking her from behind as she slowed and commenced to make a left turn off the highway into her driveway. After trial, the district court found that Hall, the driver of the tractor-trailer rig, was negligent and that plaintiff was contributorily negligent, barring her recovery. Plaintiff appealed from the judgment dismissing her suit. Finding that the trial court erroneously held that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence which was a cause of the…