Industrial Farm Home Gas Co. v. McDonald

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

Ronald McDonald, appellee, a minor, was injured in a collision, between a pickup truck, driven by appellee, and a butane gas delivery truck, owned by appellant, Industrial Farm Home Gas Company, and driven by its employee, James Gathings. The collision took place on a rural road in Greene County in March, 1960, during a time when snow and ice covered the area. The impact occurred at the top of a hill where there is a right angle turn creating a blind curve. The gas truck was proceeding uphill in a westerly direction,1 and McDonald, 15 years of age, was…