Garbacz v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.

Walter Garbacz, plaintiff, was driving his tractor-trailer combination in a southerly direction on Telegraph road in Oakland county, Michigan, on the night of December 3, 1947. At the point where the defendant’s railroad tracks cross the road, his tractor-trailer combination came in contact with a freight train belonging to the defendant. The train was approaching from plaintiff’s right at a speed of 30 to 35 miles per hour. The combination being driven by the plaintiff consisted of a tractor to which was attached a one-axle semitrailer so as to appear as a single unit, and fas tened to the…